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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar;93(3):783–788. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.021

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows the transvenous, transeptal approach to Melody Valve-in-Ring (VIR) delivery. The Melody device is crimped on the delivery balloon and advanced from the femoral vein, across the atrial septum and positioned centrally in the partial annuloplasty ring. Next, the Melody valve is deployed via balloon inflation. Follow-up angiography reveals no significant mitral regurgitation, no left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and no aortic valve insufficiency. (LV = Left Ventricle)