Early Outcomes and Mid-Term Follow-Up of Melody TPV Implantation: A Ten-Year Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study
Mario Giordano, Gianpiero Gaio, Raffaella Marzullo, Ippolita Altobelli, Raffaele Barbato, Raffaella Esposito, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Gabriella Gaudieri, Michela Palma, Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi, Giuseppe Limongelli, Berardo Sarubbi, Maria Giovanna Russo · 2026
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Description
Ten years of Melody valve implants at one center give Mario Giordano and colleagues the material for a 2026 retrospective study in congenital heart disease. Between 2015 and 2025, fifty patients were assessed for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation with the Melody device, the first catheter-delivered valve of its kind.
Forty-five patients left hospital with a working valve, while four procedures were stopped over coronary compression risk and one patient died shortly after. Over a mean follow-up of 5.8 years, about one in six developed valve infection and a similar share needed catheter reintervention. Fewer than one in ten required surgical replacement, which the authors read as solid mid-term performance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mario Giordano, Gianpiero Gaio, Raffaella Marzullo, Ippolita Altobelli, Raffaele Barbato, Raffaella Esposito, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Gabriella Gaudieri, Michela Palma, Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi, Giuseppe Limongelli, Berardo Sarubbi, Maria Giovanna Russo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23148 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |