Robin H.S. Chen1, Adolphus K.T. Chau1, Pak Cheong Chow1, Tak Cheung Yung1, Yiu Fai Cheung1,2, Kin Shing Lun1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.6, pp. 884-891, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12658
Abstract Objective: Transcatheter valve perforation for pulmonary atresia intact ventricular
septum is the standard of care for patients with mild right ventricular hypoplasia.
However, its role in moderate right ventricular hypoplasia has been less well defined.
We sought to report the long‐term outcome of patients with moderate hypoplastic
right ventricle who had undergone the procedure.
Design, Settings, and Patients: We performed a retrospective analysis on patients
who had undergone transcatheter pulmonary valve perforation from January 1996
to January 2015 at our institution. The procedures would be carried out irrespective
of the right ventricular size, as long as there were no absolute… More >