A study on the mortality and complication rates following percutaneously adjustable pulmonary artery banding.

Introduction: Pulmonary artery (PA) banding is a procedure associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. It however can effectively palliate several forms of congenital heart lesions with increased pulmonary flow. Occasionally, to obtain an optimal degree of banding following operation, readjustment of the band is inevitable.

Substance use among Iranian cardiac surgery patients and its effects on short-term outcome.

Background: We assessed the prevalence of substance use among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery in northwest Iran. We evaluated the postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality of patients with substance dependence and abuse.

Methods: In this prospective, observational study, we interviewed 600 patients during the preoperative visit in a tertiary referral educational hospital in northwest Iran.