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Percutaneous closure of a patent arterial duct in a newborn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2009

Fredy H. Prada*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
Juan M. Carretero
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
Lorenzo Jimenez
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
*
Correspondence to: Dr Fredy Hermogenes Prada Martinez, Cardiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Passeig Sant Joan de Deu, 2, Esplugues, 08950 Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 0034 936009766; Fax: 0034 932532149; E-mail: fprada@hsjdbcn.org

Abstract

We report a successful percutaneous neonatal closure of haemodynamically significant patent arterial duct. The neonate was suffering multiorgan failure, and had complete atrioventricular block. Closure of the patent arterial duct, either with surgery or inhibitors of cyclooxygenase, was contraindicated. We inserted the Amplatzer Duct Occluder II, showing that percutaneous closure of a patent arterial duct is now feasible in critically ill neonates.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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