title: [Experiences with the Rashkind duct occluder].
abstract: In five patients, aged from 34 to 64 years, a persistent ductus arteriosus was occluded transvenously with a Rashkind umbrella occluder. The diameter of the ductus ranged from 3.6 to 9 mm, the pulmonary artery pressure ranged from 20/4 to 55/25 mm Hg. Four patients had calcifications of the ductus wall. In one patient with a very large ductus a first occluder embolized into the pulmonary artery and was removed together with the introducer sheath. The ductus was occluded with a second umbrella. However, there was a residual shunt in this patient. In all other patients the procedure was successful without residual shunt.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologisches Fachkrankenhaus, Herz- und Kreislaufzentrum Rotenburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sievert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Utech
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit dem Rashkind-Duktus-Okkluder.