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- Title
Percutaneous Valve Replacement: Significance of Different Delivery Systems In Vitro and In Vivo.
- Authors
Attmann, Tim; Lutter, Georg; Quaden, René; Jahnke, Thomas; Rumberg, Kristin; Cremer, Jochen; Muller-Hulsbeck, Stefan
- Abstract
Background and purpose: Percutaneous heart valve replacement is an exciting growing field in cardiovascular medicine yet still with some major problems. Only sophisticated improvement of the instruments could make it a real alternative to conventional surgery. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate different delivery devices for percutaneous heart valve replacement in vitro and in vivo. Methods: A catheter prototype designed by our group, and two commercially available devices for the delivery of esophageal stents and aortic endoprostheses, were tested. After in vitro experiments, an ovine animal model of transfemoral pulmonary valve implantation was established using biological valved self-expanding stents. Only the delivery device for aortic endografts (Medtronic, Talent, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) allowed fast in vitro procedures without material fatigue. This device was chosen for the in vivo tests. Results: Technical success was achieved in 9 of 10 animals (90%). One animal died after perforation of the ventricular wall. Orthotopic pulmonary placement was performed in animals and intentional supravalvular valved stent placement in 3 animals. Conclusions: An adequate in vitro model for this evolving field of interventional heart valve replacement is presented. Furthermore, the present study pinpoints the key characteristics that are mandatory for a delivery system in percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. With regard to the delivery device's ductility observed during this ‘venous’ study, an approach to transfemoral aortic valve implantation seems feasible.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CARDIAC surgery; CARDIAC surgery instruments; PERCUTANEOUS balloon valvuloplasty; SURGICAL stents; PULMONARY stenosis
- Publication
CardioVascular & Interventional Radiology, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 3, p406
- ISSN
0174-1551
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00270-005-0244-4