title: Transcatheter closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in a patient with an anomalous inferior vena cava.
abstract: A patient with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was catheterized for device closure. Anomalous systemic venous drainage was found with interrupted inferior vena cava and persistence of hepatic vessel plexus. Using the superior vena cava route, the PDA was closed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Samad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atiq
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*