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Bail out use of the gore excluder following pulmonary conduit rupture during transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 06/29/2012
Sosnowski CR et al. – This report describes the use of the Gore Excluder self–expanding stent to successfully exclude a contained right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit rupture during transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. This stent was designed for percutaneous abdominal aortic aneurysm exclusion, however its use in this setting allowed progression to transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement following conduit rupture without the need for emergent surgery.