Michael Perez1, Tk Susheel Kumar2, Deepthi Hoskoppal3, Yada Akkhawattanangkul4, Kimberly Allen5, Christopher J. Knott-Craig2, Benjamin Rush Waller1, Shyam Sathanandam1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 340-349, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12449
Abstract Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate that pulmonary artery
(PA) debanding via cardiac catheterization using balloon angioplasty is feasible and safe in
swine. The secondary objectives were to determine the acute and long-term effects of this
therapy.
Design: This is a chronic survival experimental study in newborn swine.
Background: PA bands are used in infants for transient palliation of congenital heart defects with
excessive pulmonary blood flow. Although rare, if these defects should close spontaneously or
become hemodynamically insignificant, a sternotomy and occasionally cardiopulmonary bypass
may still be required for band removal. Alternatively, debanding could be… More >
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