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Absorbable pulmonary artery banding in tricuspid atresia
1Département de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, H pital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-H pitaux de Paris, France. damien.bonnet@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
A child with tricuspid atresia, concordant ventriculoarterial connections, large ventricular septal defect, and elevated pulmonary artery pressure underwent pulmonary artery banding with a polydioxanone ribbon. This procedure was successful in this patient as the ventricular septal defect became restrictive while the banding was fully absorbed after 5 months. This technique could be included in the panel of surgical strategies for patients with single ventricle physiology and potential but insufficient subpulmonary stenosis in early infancy.