Pulmonary arterial banding
Pulmonary artery banding, using conventional and absorbable bands, has
been performed as initial palliation in premature infants with low body
weight and/or severe associated non-cardiac congenital anomalies. The
lesions requiring such treatment include unbalanced complete
atrioventricular septal defects, multiple muscular septal defects, and
those with common atriums.14-25,38 These are found in
either sub-set.