title: Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in a dog with a peripheral vascular occlusion device.
abstract: A 4-month-old, intact female mixed-breed dog presented to the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. A large left-to-right patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was diagnosed and interventional correction was achieved with a commercially available peripheral vascular occlusion device (VOD). The VOD is composed of a nitinol wire mesh and is similar in composition and shape to a commercially available human PDA occluder, however, it can be deployed through smaller delivery catheters and is much less expensive. The product and procedural details of the device are described.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Lynn Hall, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Henry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sanders