Pre-Stenting and Melody Valve Stent Fracture: When More Is Less

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Alejandro J Torres. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017.

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. 2017 Sep 11;10(17):1760-1762.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Aug 16.

¹ Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: at2109@cumc.columbia.edu.

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Keywords: pre-stenting; right ventricular outflow tract; stent fracture; transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.

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Relationships Among Conduit Type, Pre-Stenting, and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the Prospective North American and European Melody Valve Trials.
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