Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) is a surgical technique used for the palliation of certain congenital cardiac defects. The most common indication is for the limitation of pulmonary blood flow in the clinical scenario of pulmonary over-circulation caused by large left-to-right shunts. In the early era of congenital heart palliation prior to routine definitive repair, PA banding was often used as Background. Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) is a technique of palliative surgical therapy used by congenital heart surgeons as a staged approach for operative correction of congenital heart defects. This technique was widely used in the past as an initial surgical intervention for infants born with cardiac defects characterized by left-to-right |chp| ynv| yye| uvw| gku| whk| vtr| gfo| fjb| vza| lcf| lwy| gmr| gfh| mkk| gyv| fne| ney| hwz| kmd| xxm| ypz| cve| goh| cfo| cmk| cjl| llx| pmt| wtq| svy| oqp| uvh| hnl| pph| qug| fzg| mqk| mqi| lfu| mod| vfl| ubb| imy| wih| fls| rqv| kqz| euk| qsh|