title: Vascular plugs - A key companion to Interventionists - 'Just Plug it'.
abstract: Vascular plugs are ideally suited to close extra-cardiac, high flowing vascular communications. The family of vascular plugs has expanded. Vascular plugs in general have a lower profile and the newer variants can be delivered even through a diagnostic catheter. These features make them versatile and easy to use. The Amplatzer vascular plugs are also used for closing intracardiac defects including coronary arterio-venous fistula and paravalvular leakage in an off-label fashion. In this review, the features of currently available vascular plugs are reviewed along with tips and tricks of using them in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
authors: Additional Professor, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. Electronic address: ramaaiims@gmail.com.
authors: Sivasubramanian
authors: S
authors: Ramakrishnan
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Amplatzer vascular plug; Device therapy; Embolization; Occlusion