Domenico Crea¹, Arben Dedja¹, Matteo Ponzoni^1,2, Stefania Rizzo³, Alberto Cipriani⁴, Riccardo Bariani⁴, Kalliopi Pilichou³, Maria Bueno Marinas³, Danila Azzolina⁵, Massimo A. Padalino^1,6,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 473-487, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2025.057014 - 31 December 2024

Abstract Background: Since 2015, the pulmonary artery banding (PAB), following the Giessen protocol, has treated end-stage heart failure in selected infants with preserved right ventricular function, acting as a bridge to transplant or recovery, as a result of ventricular-ventricular interaction. Objectives: To elucidate whether PAB is a feasible and reproducible procedure in a rodent model of pharmacologically induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to evaluate PAB-induced ventricular rehabilitation. Methods: We used 49 Sprague-Dawley rats divided into four groups: a sham surgery control group, a healthy animal group undergoing PAB, a doxorubicin (DOX)- treated control group, and a DOX… More >

Vitaliy Suvorov^1,*, Vladimir Zaitcev¹, Karolina Andrzejczyk²

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 365-374, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.019126 - 03 May 2022

Abstract Background: Bilateral banding of the branches of the pulmonary artery in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and other duct dependent critical neonatal heart malformations can significantly reduce the incidence of severe complications in the postoperative period, especially in severely unstable patients. In our study we compared different surgical techniques of bilateral pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in respect to their success in balancing systemic and pulmonary blood flow. Methods: We included 44 neonates with a HLHS and congenital heart diseases (CHD) with a functional single ventricle underwent a hybrid operation: bilateral PAB and patent ductus… More >

Mehmet Salih Bilal¹, Arda Özyüksel^1,2, Mustafa Kemal Avşar¹, Şener Demiroluk³, Osman Küçükosmanoğlu⁴, Yalım Yalçın⁵

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 464-469, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12749

Abstract Objective: Management of the patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum may be challenging beyond the newborn period. Herein, we would like to present our alternative strategy for training the left ventricle in these patients.
Methods: Six patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum were evaluated in our clinic. Two of them were palliated with Glenn procedure and pulmonary banding as a definitive treatment strategy at other centers. Four patients were operated on and a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis in combination with pulmonary artery banding was performed (stage‐1: palliation and… More >