title: Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus with buttoned device: first successful clinical application in a child.
abstract: Several devices are available for transcatheter closure of PDA. Most of the available devices either require complicated intracardiac maneuvering or need a large-sized sheath for implantation of the device. A recently described "buttoned" device developed by Sideris et al. that can be delivered across the ductus via a 7F sheath had undergone successful trials in animal models. Because of the ease of device implantation and the requirement for a smaller-sized sheath for delivery than that used with other devices, we have used this custom-made double-disc device in a 5-year-old child and have shown successful closure of the ductus by angiography and by color Doppler studies. Further clinical trials with this device seem warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Sideris
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chopra
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002932:Cineangiography; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants