Open AccessUtility of late pulmonary artery banding in single-ventricle physiology: A mid-term follow-up
Author(s) -
Aritra Mukherji,
Siddhartha Ghosh,
Nihar Lalitkumar Pathak,
Jayita Nandi Das,
Nilanjan Dutta,
Debasis Das,
Amitabha Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_128_20
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary artery banding , pulmonary artery , ventricle , pulmonary hypertension , cardiac catheterization , surgery , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , cardiology , paleontology , biology
The standard first stage palliation for univentricular heart with unrestricted pulmonary blood flow (PBF) is surgical pulmonary artery (PA) banding for which the ideal age is within the first 8 weeks of life. This study aimed to look for the utility of PA band done beyond 3 months of age for patients presenting beyond the stipulated period.