title: In vitro balloon dilatation of the banded pulmonary artery.
abstract: The pulmonary artery of unfixated human heart-lung specimens was banded by placing a Dacron tape around the artery and securing the tape with a 5.0 Prolene suture at selected circumferences. The banding was successfully dilated with a balloon catheter in 24 instances. The mean pressure necessary to burst the suture securing the tape was 2.4 atmospheres.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smevik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tjønneland
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bjørnstad
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sørland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Foerster
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011312:Pressure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011126:Polypropylenes