Melody®Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
Ensemble® Transcatheter Valve Delivery System
INDICATIONS
For use in patients with the following clinical conditions:
- patients with regurgitant prosthetic Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) conduits with a clinical indication for invasive or surgical intervention, OR
- patients with stenotic prosthetic RVOT conduits where the risk of worsening regurgitation is a relative contraindication to balloon dilatation or stenting
AND
- existence of a full (circumferential) RVOT conduit that was equal to or greater than 16 mm in diameter when originally implanted
- The intended lifetime for the Melody device is 2 years.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
- venous anatomy unable to accommodate a 22-Fr size introducer sheath
- implantation in left heart
- unfavorable right ventricular outflow tract for good stent anchorage
- severe right ventricular outflow obstruction, which cannot be dilated by balloon
- obstruction of the central veins
- clinical or biological signs of infection
- active endocarditis
- known allergy to aspirin or heparin
- pregnancy
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
- PHYSICIAN TRAINING: Physicians, prior to using the Melody valve and Ensemble delivery system, are required to have successfully completed the Physician/Center training program provided by Medtronic, Inc.