Children's Heart Institute | Heart Defects: Common Atrioventricular Canal (Temporary Fix)

The Children's Heart Institute - Hasan Abdallah, M.D.

Congenital Heart Defects:
Common Atrioventricular Canal (Temporary Fix)

Temporary Fix:
Pulmonary Artery Band

Doctors place a band around the Pulmonary Artery to restrict the blood flow going to the lungs called a Pulmonary Artery Band.

This limits the amount of blood sent to the lungs making it less congested. However, as your child grows he will need more blood sent to the lungs which is limited by this Pulmonary Artery Band.

Problems with the Walls:
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) : Fix | Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) : Fix

Problems with the Doors:
Tricuspid Valve Atresia : Fix 1 | Fix 2 | Fix 3 | Ebstein's Anomaly
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome : Fix 1 | Fix 2 | Fix 3
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis | Aortic Valve Stenosis

Problems with the Chambers:
Hypoplastic Right Ventricle

Problems with the Hallways:
Coarctation of the Aorta : Fix | Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Transposition of the Great Arteries : Fixed
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Problems with the Plumbing:
Anomalous Origin of the Coronary Arteries from the Pulmonary Artery

Problems Involving More Than One Part of the Heart:
Tetralogy of Fallot : Fixed
Truncus Arteriosus : Fixed | Common Atrioventricular Canal : Fix 1 | Fix 2
Ductus Arteriosus : Fix 1 | Fix 2

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