This prospective interventional study is designed to evaluate the cost/advantage ratio in the treatment of lesions of the right ventricular outflow tract using transcatheter pulmonary valved stent (Melody).
Rational : transcatheter valve insertion is a new technique enlarging the armamentarium of the treatment of RVOT obstruction and insufficiency. It real place as compared to bare stent implantation and surgery of the RVOT remains unknown. Main objective : evaluate the cost of the procedure as compared with conventional technique. Design : multicenter intervention prospective study. Population : 180 patients in three arms (3\*60). End point criteria : * Primary : cost * Secondary : rate of reoperation
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
93
insertion of a pulmonic valved stent
insertion of a bare metal stent
conventional surgery methode
Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Cost induced by the transcatheter pulmonary valve insertion as compared to conventional surgical and insertion of a bare metal stent 24 months after insertion.
Time frame: 24 months after intervention
Quality of life
Time frame: 24 months after intervention
procedure success rate
Time frame: 24 months after intervention
Does the patient need to be operated again?
Time frame: 24 months after intervention
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