Pulmonary artery banding in infants and young children with left ventricular dilated cardiomyopathy: a novel therapeutic strategy before heart transplantation
D Schranz, S Rupp, M Müller, D Schmidt… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in childhood has a considerable morbidity
and mortality and high incidence of heart transplantation. Pulmonary artery banding (PAB)
has been proposed in patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries to retrain the
sub-pulmonic left ventricle (LV) and to improve a failing sub-aortic right ventricle. We
evaluated the short-term and medium-term effects of PAB in young patients with LVDCM.
METHODS: A retrospective single-center observational study was performed to evaluate the …
and mortality and high incidence of heart transplantation. Pulmonary artery banding (PAB)
has been proposed in patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries to retrain the
sub-pulmonic left ventricle (LV) and to improve a failing sub-aortic right ventricle. We
evaluated the short-term and medium-term effects of PAB in young patients with LVDCM.
METHODS: A retrospective single-center observational study was performed to evaluate the …
