title: Late surgical removal of an embolized patent ductus arteriosus device causing erosion of the aortic wall.
abstract: We report a case of 2-year-old boy who presented late after PDA device embolization to descending aorta. He had mild obstruction with erosion of the intimal layer of descending aorta caused by the device that was successfully retrieved surgically with reconstruction of the aortic segment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Frontier Lifeline and Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, R 30 C Ambattur Industrial Estate Road, Chennai, 600 010, India. drravirt@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ravi Ranjan
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Premsekar
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*