Pulmonary artery banding: still a role for staged bi-ventricular repair of intracardiac shunts?
Ahmed Reda Sanad Arafa AfifiAnna N SealeMilind ChaudhariNatasha E KhanTimothy J JonesOliver StumperPhil BothaPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2022)
In a cohort with a high incidence of co-morbidity, pulmonary artery banding is associated with a significant risk of re-intervention and mortality. Weight gain improves after banding, but heart block, re-intervention, and mortality remain frequent following repair.