title: Amplatzer Muscular VSD Occluder for catheter closure of a 20 mm hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus. A case report and literature review.
abstract: The treatment of very large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was thought to be solely surgical. There is not enough experience in transcatheter closure of large hypertensive PDA. In this report, successful catheter closure of a large and hypertensive ductus using the Amplatzer Muscular VSD Occluder and a literature review are presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Humanitas Gavazzeni Clinic, Bergamo, Italy. eonorato@libero.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onorato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbala-Mukendi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casilli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canali
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lanzoni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guilarte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male