title: Reactivity of the ductus arteriosus: Implications for transcatheter therapy.
abstract: We report our experience in a 13-month-old boy undergoing transcatheter coil occlusion of a patent ductus arteriosus. Constriction of the ductus arteriosus with subsequent relaxation resulted in inadvertent coil embolization. This case report and review of the literature have implications for transcatheter treatment of persistent ductus arteriosus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Utah, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lozier
authors.forename: Collin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cowley
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017211:Treatment Failure