Pulmonary artery banding for initial treatment of ventricular septal rupture.

Authors :: Koichi Y
Kitahara H
Wakabayashi N
Ise H
Tanaka C
Nakanishi S
Ishikawa N
Kamiya H
Source :: Journal of surgical case reports [J Surg Case Rep] 2020 Mar 17; Vol. 2020 (3), pp. rjaa010. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 17 (Print Publication: 2020).
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a serious and fatal mechanical complication after acute myocardial infarction. Emergent or urgent, surgical/transcatheter intervention is necessary to treat VSR, though the outcome is not favorable. We performed temporary pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in an 85-year-old man who presented with chest pain to adjust the shunt flow through the VSR, which prevented further pulmonary edema and delayed the timing of surgical repair. There has been no report showing successful PAB performed for VSR after myocardial infarction.<br /> (Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020.)