title: Repair of ventricular septal defect after pulmonary artery banding.
abstract: Since 1964, 90 patients have undergone two-stage surgical repair of ventricular septal defect (VSD) with pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in early infancy and total repair at an average age of 4 years. Reconstruction of the pulmonary artery was accomplished with a pericardial patch, woven Dacron patch, or transverse angioplasty. The VSD was closed with a knitted Dacron patch in 75 patients and by primary suture technique in 13 patients. The VSD closed spontaneously in 2 patients. The mortality rate for patients who had repair and debanding was 9 per cent (8 patients), including 4 deaths due to severe pulmonary hypertensive disease, 3 from congestive heart failure, and one from atrioventricular block. Twenty patients underwent repeat cardiac catheterization several months to 7 years after total repair. This study revealed no shunt in 16 patients and a minimal shunt not requiring operation in the other 4 children. Slight residual stenosis of the pulmonary artery was found in 2 patients and a residual infundibular stenosis in another 2 patients. We believe two-stage surgical treatment of VSD in severely ill infants under one year of age is safe and reliable.
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous