Open AccessTranscatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Experience with a New Device
Author(s) -
Aldo Agnetti,
Nicola Carano,
Bertrand Tchana,
Valentina Allegri,
Antonio Saracino,
Umberto Squarcia,
Donald J Hagler
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20674
Subject(s) - ductus arteriosus , medicine , duct (anatomy) , shunt (medical) , surgery , adaptability , ecology , biology
Transcatheter closure is the preferred method of treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Detachable coils are widely used to close small ducts, while the Amplatzer duct occluder (ADO) is generally employed for moderate or large ducts. Recently a new device, the Amplatzer duct occluder II (ADO II), a nitinol flexible mesh, with a symmetrical design to provide high conformability for treatment of all types of PDA, has received the European Community mark approval. We report on one of the first experience, four cases (1 male, 3 female, age ranging from six months to seven years old) with different type and size of PDA treated with the new device. The use of this new Amplatzer duct occluder in our experience has the advantage of ease and safety of placement, conformability, stability, low profile catheters, adaptability for long ducts as in type E. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.