title: [Transcatheter treatment of patent ductus arteriosus].
abstract: Isolated patent ductus arteriosus accounts for 10 to 18% of all cardiovascular malformations. Transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus has now become established practice with a high success rate and a low incidence of complications. Many devices have been proposed during the last 20 years. The use of some of these devices has largely been abandoned for different reasons: high costs, the need of large transvenous sheaths and the high incidence of late residual shunts. The devices currently available (Amplatzer duct occluder, buttoned device, DuctOcclud coil, Gianturco-Grifka vascular occlusion device, detachable coils) render the embolization of a patent ductus arteriosus relatively easy, with a short hospital stay. We feel that this is the treatment of choice for the majority of patients with a patent ductus arteriosus. The aim of this article was to review our experience and report the state-of-the-art in transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus therapy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia Pediatrica Istituto Policlinico San Donato Via Morandi, 30 20097 San Donato Milanese, MI. massimo.chessa@lycos.com
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chessa
authors.forename: Bamoshmoosh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giusti
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Butera
authors.forename: Roberta Margherita
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bini
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carano
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agnetti
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Squarcia
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Gregorio
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carminati
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome