title: Late failure of pulmonary artery banding.
abstract: Pulmonary artery banding was performed on an 11-year-old female with a large patent ductus arteriosus to control pulmonary hypertension. At catheterization 3 years later the band on the right pulmonary artery was present. At catheterization 13 years later the right pulmonary artery band could no longer be demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology