A new strategy for the surgical treatment of aortic coarctation associated with ventricular septal defect in infants using an absorbable pulmonary artery band
Damien Bonnet, MDa,
Juliana Patkaï, MDa,
Daniel Tamisier, MDa,
Jean Kachaner, MDa,
Pascal Vouhé, MDa and
Daniel Sidi, MDa
a Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France

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Figure 1 Echocardiography at day 5 after banding of the pulmonary artery in a 1,320-g neonate. PA = pulmonary artery trunk; PAB = 5-mm polydioxanone absorbable banding; PV = pulmonary valve.
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