Transcatheter closure of a 16 mm hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus with the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Mar;52(3):359-62. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1082.

Abstract

There is little experience with transcatheter closure of very large, hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus. We present a case of successful closure of a 16 mm ductus with the Amplatzer VSD occluder, a device originally designed for transcatheter closure of congenital muscular ventricular septal defects. To our best knowledge this is the largest ductus ever closed by an interventional technique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aortography
  • Balloon Occlusion / instrumentation*
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertension / therapy*