Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with the Melody valve was shown to be safe and feasible even in native right ventricular outflow tracts (RVOTs) for congenital heart defect patients, a ...

In individuals with structurally normal hearts, systolic pressure is assumed to be equal in the lung arteries and the part of the heart pumping to them. A difference in pressure between the right ...

High-level endurance athletes with ventricular tachycardia (VT) may have unique scarring in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) that acts as a substrate for the arrhythmia, a new study shows.

Right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RVGLS) and right ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (RVOT VTI) measurements were associated with mortality in critically ill patients with ...

The risks of stent fracture and reintervention after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) are substantially reduced when patients are prestented, according to combined data from three ...

Medtronic's Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) was approved Friday for treatment of severe pulmonary valve regurgitation with a native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract ...

Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) dysfunction often occurs as part of complex congenital heart conditions, such as tetralogy of Fallot. It may take the form of pulmonary valve stenosis, pulmonary ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular ...

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands & ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xeltis, a clinical-stage company with the most advanced polymer-based restorative cardiovascular devices, today announced that it has started the ...