Abstract
Recently, percutaneous valve implantation has become an alternative technique to surgical valve replacement enlarging the field of interventional catheterization. Our animal experimentation has shown the technical feasibility of pulmonary valve replacement. This led to the first human implants in the year 2000. After demonstration of the feasibility in the human with five successful implantations, two major questions are open. Will we become more aggressive in pulmonary valve replacement due to a less traumatic approach? Second, will percutaneous valve replacement also become available for other cardiac valves? In this manuscript, we describe the state of the art percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement in humans. Furthermore, we give insight into our research placing the prosthetic valve in the aortic position.
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