title: Transpulmonary surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus with hypothermic circulatory arrest in an adult patient.
abstract: Untreated patent ductus arteriosus carries a higher risk in adults than in children, especially when the defect is large (>4.0 mm in diameter), short, or friable. Therefore, various technical precautions have been suggested for application during surgical closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in an adult. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with a patent ductus arteriosus who underwent transpulmonary surgical closure of the ductus under hypothermic total circulatory arrest. We discuss the technique in light of the current English-language medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Aydin 09100, Turkey. ugurcun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gurcun
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boga
authors.forename: M Ismail
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Badak
authors.forename: Erdem Ali
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ozkisacik
authors.forename: Berent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Discigil
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008875:Middle Aged