title: Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus and interruption of inferior vena cava with azygous continuation using an Amplatzer duct occluder.
abstract: Two cases with interrupted inferior vena cava and azygous continuation requiring patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occlusion per cardiac catheterization are presented. A technique is described enabelmy occlusion of PDA using an Amplatzer ductal occluder despite interruption of inferior vena cava and azygous continuation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Ibn Al-Bitar Cardiac Center, Baghdad, Iraq. sadiqjiad@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sadiq
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Hamash
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging