Commentary: No harm, no foul —Staged pulmonary artery banding in complete canal defects

In this month's edition of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Devlin and colleagues1 present their work studying the efficacy of pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD). In an analysis of data from the Congenital Heart Surgeon's Society AVSD cohort, Devlin and colleagues1 studied 50 patients with an AVSD who underwent a PAB (median age, 1.1  months) as a staged procedure before a biventricular repair or a univentricular versus biventricular decision.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research