Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus and interruption of inferior vena cava with azygous continuation using an Amplatzer duct occluder.
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.
Al-Hamash
Sadiq
S
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Ibn Al-Bitar Cardiac Center, Baghdad, Iraq. sadiqjiad@yahoo.com
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