“…The long duration of banding may hinder proper PA growth, as reflected in the greater number of catheter interventions to enlarge PAs throughout the observation period even at 5 years post-Fontan. 15 , 16 , 20 Furthermore, the duration of banding in our study, with a median of 97 days, was longer than those in other studies with BPAB (median, 97 days vs 56-70 days), suggesting that this might have affected longer-term complications after Fontan completion. 6 , 15 , 16 , 21 …”