Cor Vasa 2020, 62(1):72-74 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2019.045
Patent ductus arteriosus closure using an Amplatzer ventricular septal defect closure device in adulthood
- Cardiology Department A, Hopital Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent communication between the descending thoracic aorta and the pulmonary artery that results from failure of normal physiologic closure of the fetal ductus. It is one of the more common congenital heart defects. The PDA closure is the main treatment and can be surgical or percutaneous. The trancatheter approach proved its efficacy and safety all over the past 20 years and a variety of devices have been developed and are now available. This report describes a transcatheter closure of a PDA on an 18-year-old girl with features suggestive of a large PDA. While we intended to close the PDA using an Amplatzer device occluder (ADO), we changed our approach and used a ventricular septal defect (VSD) Amplatzer occluder instead.
Keywords: Adult, Patent ductus arteriosus, Percutaneous closure, Ventricular septal defect device occlude
Accepted: April 10, 2019; Published: February 28, 2020 Show citation
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