title: Transcatheter closure of a residual patent ductus arteriosus after surgical ligation in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of residual ductal flow after initial surgical ligation of the arterial duct.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between June 2005 and December 2009, transcatheter occlusion of residual postsurgical ductus arteriosus was performed in six children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean patient age was 10±5.5 years; mean post-procedural time since the initial surgical closure was 6.3±4.5 years. The mean diameter of the patent ductus arteriosus on angiography was 1.3±0.5 mm (range, 0.8 to 2.4 mm). Three different types of coils were used successfully without any complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transcatheter occlusion of residual postsurgical arterial duct is a safe and successful procedure. However, attention should be paid due to the distorting shape of the arterial duct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baspinar
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilinc
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kervancioglu
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Irdem