Cor Vasa 2017, 59(5):e465-e467

Novel pulmonary artery banding followed by transcatheter balloon dilatation in treatment of complex congenital heart defects

Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Zdenek Slavik^*, Hideki Uemura

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Sydney Street, Londýn, Spojené království

We present a novel technique of pulmonary arterial banding using a Gore-Tex strip secured by 7-0 Prolene suture as part of surgical treatment in 2 neonates with aortic coarctation and ventricular septal defects. Successful percutaneous balloon angioplasty of the main pulmonary artery in the area of pulmonary arterial band was performed at 12 and 26 months of age in one of the patients and at 3.5 months of age in the other patient. Peak systolic pressure drop across the area of previous pulmonary artery banding was 30 mmHg and 25 mmHg at 65 and 30 months of age, respectively.

Keywords: Cardiac catheterisation, intervention; Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary arteries; Surgical equipment

Received: May 3, 2016; Revised: July 18, 2016; Accepted: July 19, 2016; Published: October 1, 2017  Show citation