[Successful surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in adults: report of three cases].
Three elderly patients underwent surgery for patent ductus arteriosus successfully. In two patients without calcification of ductus arteriosus, its division through a left thoracotomy was performed. In another patient with massively calcified ductus arteriosus associated with pulmonary hypertension, transaortic patch-closure of the aortic end of the ductus arteriosus was performed under partial cardiopulmonary bypass. All three patients and uneventful postoperative course.
Goura
H
H
First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
Tsuboi
H
H
Fujimura
Y
Y
Esato
K
K
Furukawa
S
S
Ogawa
T
T
Miyamoto
M
M
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged