title: [Transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in children. The first Lebanese series].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Cardiopédiatrie, Réanimation et Chirurgie cardíaque pédiatrique, Hôtel-Dieu de France.
authors.forename: Zakhia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Saliba
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: El-Rassi
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daou
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chehab
authors.forename: Alawi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdallahi
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerbaka
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ashoush
mesh_terms: 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