Pediatric tricuspid valve replacement with a transcatheter aortic valve (SAPIEN 3)

Commentary: Kids are not little adults, but there is no reason they cannot be helped with adult tools

“…Joshua L. Hermsen, MD Kalangos and colleagues 1 have provided the congenital surgical community with another case in which outside-thebox thinking and adaptive use of a standard adult prosthesis was used to help a congenital patient. Their patient was post-arterial switch and ventricular septal defect closure who started with an abnormal tricuspid valve and experienced worsening tricuspid regurgitation, right ventricular dilation, and clinical sequelae of portal venous hypertension.…”

Commentary: When things just mix like you hoped

“…In this issue of the Journal , Kalangos and colleagues 1 report a case of pediatric tricuspid valve replacement on a beating heart using the Sapien 3 prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, Calif). Currently, no tricuspid valve prostheses are available for infants and small children.…”