[Transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in children. The first Lebanese series].
Percutaneous closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has become an efficient and safe technique in children. We report the first Lebanese series of 8 children who had their PDA closed percutaneously with a coil or an Amplatzer Duct Occluder.


METHODS
Patients median age was 3.2 years (range 1.2 to 12 years). The median minimal diameter of the PDA was 2.1 mm (1.2 to 4 mm). A coil was used in 4 children and an Amplatzer occluder in the 4 other patients. The device was chosen according to the diameter of the PDA.


RESULTS
The results were excellent in all patients. A trivial shunt present in 3 cases, disappeared within 8 weeks. No complication were noted in this series.


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous closure of the PDA in children, using interventional radiology, is a simple and reproducible technique. It is now the treatment of choice in most pediatric cardiac centers worldwide.
Saliba
Zakhia
Z
Unité de Cardiopédiatrie, Réanimation et Chirurgie cardíaque pédiatrique, Hôtel-Dieu de France.
El-Rassi
Issam
I
Daou
Linda
L
Chehab
Ghassan
G
Abdallahi
Alawi
A
Gerbaka
Bernard
B
Ashoush
Ramzi
R
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome