Pulmonary artery banding in complete atrioventricular septal defect

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 159; no. 4; pp. 1493 - 1503.e3
• Main Authors: Devlin, Paul J., Jegatheeswaran, Anusha, McCrindle, Brian W., Karamlou, Tara, Blackstone, Eugene H., Williams, William G., DeCampli, William M., Mertens, Luc, Fackoury, Cheryl T., Eghtesady, Pirooz, Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Baffa, Jeanne M., Fleishman, Craig E., Dodge-Khatami, Ali, Pizarro, Christian, Pourmoghadam, Kamal, Cohen, Meryl S., Meyer, David B., Overman, David M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: AVSD; Cohort Studies; complete atrioventricular septal defect; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Septal Defects - diagnostic imaging; Heart Septal Defects - mortality; Heart Septal Defects - surgery; Humans; Infant; Male; Pulmonary Artery - surgery; pulmonary artery banding; Reoperation; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; complete atrioventricular septal defect; PAB; STS; pulmonary artery banding; AVVI; AVSD; CHSS; PDA

To analyze outcomes after pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), with a focus on surgical pathway outcome and timing, survival, and atrioventricular valve function. PAB was performed in 50 of 474 infants (11%) from 28 institutions between 2012 and 2018 at a...