Implanting Valves in Conduits and Bioprosthetic Valves: Basics, Key Decision-Making Points, and Avoiding/Managing Disasters
Presenter
Mary Hunt Martin, MD, FSCAI, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Mary Hunt Martin, MD, FSCAI, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss optimal preparation of the landing zone
- Discuss assessment of coronary compression and the importance of pre-stenting/valve fracture to minimize patient prosthesis mismatch.
- Conduit rupture indentification, prevention, and treatment (therapeutic vs catastrophic tear)
Keywords: Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) and TPVR/Pulmonary Valve