title: The intermittent ductus revisited: echocardiographic evidence and successful coil occlusion: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Intermittent occurrence of a large ductal shunt by physical examination and Doppler echocardiography is reported. Cineangiography confirmed a tubular ductus arteriosus with an angulated, narrow, pulmonary end. Presumably this angulation intermittently caused functional closure of the ductus. Trans-arterial delivery of coils resulted in complete occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Presti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danilowicz
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002932:Cineangiography; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging