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In our institution, the most common valve used for pulmonary valve replacement is the Medtronic Freestyle stentless porcine aortic heterograft.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>We describe our experience implanting the Melody valve within the Freestyle heterograft.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective chart review was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between June 2012 and June 2015, 19 Melody valves were placed within Freestyle heterografts. The most common indication for intervention was pulmonary stenosis. Following pre\u2010stent and Melody valve implantation, right ventricle\u2010to\u2010pulmonary artery gradient decreased from 38.1\u2009\u00b1\u200912.1 to 10\u2009\u00b1\u20094.7 mm Hg (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and right ventricular pressure decreased from 61.7\u2009\u00b1\u200917.8 to 35.6\u2009\u00b1\u200910.2 mm Hg (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Two procedural adverse events occurred. At median follow\u2010up of 24 months (range 2\u201348 months), no patients had mean right ventricular outflow tract gradients &gt;30 mm Hg or worse than mild insufficiency. No valve reinterventions have been necessary and no episodes of endocarditis have been observed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Melody valve can be implanted successfully within a stentless aortic bioprosthesis with good short\u2010 and intermediate\u2010term longevity. \u00a9 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ccd.26862","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,26]],"date-time":"2016-11-26T09:32:43Z","timestamp":1480152763000},"page":"1224-1230","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Melody valve implantation within freestyle stentless porcine aortic heterograft"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"89","author":[{"given":"James A.","family":"Kuo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Texas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ashlea A.","family":"Feezel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of North Texas Health Sciences Center Fort Worth Texas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Traci N.","family":"Putnam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Texas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deborah A.","family":"Schutte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Texas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(00)02844-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.523266"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2009.06.034"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.735779"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehq520"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.921692"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcin.2014.08.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehq056"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.972216"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_11_1","first-page":"92","article-title":"Repeat right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using the Medtronic Freestyle porcine aortic root","volume":"15","author":"Erez E","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Heart Valve Dis"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000073"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.965616"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000087"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/heartjnl-2014-306761"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000202"}],"container-title":["Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1002%2Fccd.26862","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1002%2Fccd.26862","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/ccd.26862","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,6]],"date-time":"2023-10-06T18:13:47Z","timestamp":1696616027000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ccd.26862"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,26]]},"references-count":15,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1002\/ccd.26862"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ccd.26862","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1522-1946","1522-726X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1522-1946","type":"print"},{"value":"1522-726X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,26]]}}}