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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;130:894-895
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary trunk after placement of an adjustable pulmonary artery banding device (FloWatch-PAB) in a patient with muscular ventricular septal defect

Ina Michel-Behnke, MD a , * , Hakan Akintuerk, MD a , Klaus Valeske, MD a , Josef Thul, MD a , Matthias Mueller, MD b , Dietmar Schranz, MD a

a Pediatric Heart Center, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
b Department of Anaesthesiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Received for publication February 14, 2005; revisions received March 1, 2005; accepted for publication March 15, 2005.

* Address for reprints: Ina Michel-Behnke, MD, Justus-Liebig University, Pediatric Heart Center, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Feulgenstrasse 12, 35392 Giessen, Germany (Email: ina.michel-behnke@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de).

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Single or multiple muscular ventricular septal defects (VSDs) with a significant left-to-right shunt require pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in the first months of life. An optimized flow restriction can rarely be achieved or maintained over time. Conventional PAB carries the risk of pulmonary branch stenosis and damage to the vessel wall. In 2003, Corno and colleagues 1 Go reported their first clinical experience of a completely externally adjustable banding device (FloWatch-PAB) to overcome these disadvantages. Recently, the results of a multicenter study were published, in which the device was judged to be safe and effective. 2 Go We report on a patient presenting with a huge pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary trunk after insertion of the FloWatch-PAB device.

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A 3-month-old boy with a body weight of 4.2 kg had heart failure caused by excessive . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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