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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:598. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.034
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Invited Commentary

Antonio F. Corno, MD, FRCS

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Alder Hey Children Hospital, Eaton Rd, Liverpool L12 2AP, United Kingdom

(Email: antonio.corno@rlc.nhs.uk).

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Talwar and colleagues [1] report the follow-up of a technique for adjustable pulmonary artery banding (PAB) [2], which is a timely and important topic particularly because of several controversial issues.

There is an evident contrast between the general opinion that PAB is almost an abandoned procedure (at least in Western countries) and the data collected in the official North American and European database. The total number of PAB procedures reported in The Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) congenital database was 739 for the period from 2002 to 2005, corresponding to 1.9% of the total surgical procedures (739 of 38,431); whereas the total number of PAB procedures reported in the European Association Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) congenital database was 711, corresponding to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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