Transcatheter closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in a preterm infant with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug IV device.
Rapid advances in paediatric interventional cardiology allow transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in increasingly smaller patients. We describe a successful transcatheter closure of a large tubular PDA in a symptomatic preterm infant of 2,210 g using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug IV device.
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Milan
M
Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology, German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Ewert
Peter
P
D001027:Aortography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome