Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in a dog with a peripheral vascular occlusion device.
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.
Hogan
Daniel F
DF
Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Lynn Hall, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA.
Green
Henry W
HW
Sanders
Robert A
RA