The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 129-129, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Use of a double-lumen pressure monitoring catheter to facilitate pulmonary artery banding
SJ Phillips, J Gay, B Chandramouli, M Spector, C Kongtahworn and RH Zeff
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery, Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
Pulmonary artery banding is facilitated by simultaneously measuring the
pressure above and below the band. This can be accomplished with a
commercially available double-lumen central venous pressure monitoring
catheter. This catheter is inserted through the outflow tract of the right
ventricle and positioned so that the band will be between the two lumens.
Gradual tightening of the band can be accomplished while monitoring the
pressures proximal and distal to the band.