title: [Successful surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in adults: report of three cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged