Right heart transcatheter valve therapies - a review of prostheses for the pulmonary and tricuspid positions

  • Maximilian Kuetting
  • Desiree Pott
  • Alexander Sedaghat
  • Yue Ann Ng
  • Sandrine Egron
  • Christiane Rosefort
  • Nikos Werner
  • Joerg Sachweh
  • Ulrich Steinseifer

Abstract

Minimally invasive, catheter-based treatment of valvular dysfunction has become an integral part of clinical routine. As left heart valvular disease is much more common and thus commercially of interest, transcatheter solutions for the treatment of aortic and mitral valvular defects were the first to become broadly clinically available, while even today options for the right heart valve are rare. This review looks at innovative attempts at developing effective transcatheter heart valve prostheses for the pulmonary and tricuspid heart valves, details their experience and highlights those that have made their way to application in humans.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN1743-4440
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03.2015
PubMed 25418630