title: Successful transcatheter closure of a patent ductus arteriosus: using two Gianturco coils in a 41-year-old woman. A case report.
abstract: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a form of congenital heart disease uncommonly diagnosed in adult patients. Transcatheter closure of PDA has been widely used in children. However, the experience is limited in adults especially with use of Gianturco coils. The authors describe a case of successful transcatheter closure of a PDA, incidentally diagnosed in a 41-year-old woman, by successively deploying two coils by a transarterial approach. No residual shunting was seen angiographically after the procedure. A literature review of similar procedures in adult patients is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shamsham
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Safi
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D016280:Atrial Function, Right / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000502:physiology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology