Open AccessTranscatheter closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in an elderly patient with the gianturco‐grifka vascular occlusion device
Author(s) -
Befeler Benjamin,
Justiniano Alberto,
Zahn Evan
Publication year - 2000
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.4960231020
Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , shunt (medical) , cardiopulmonary bypass , surgery , mitral valve replacement , calcification , occlusion , mitral valve , cardiology
This paper reports the unusual case of a 76‐year‐old woman who was discovered to have a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus following uneventful mitral valve replacement, utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass. The shunt was successfully eliminated using a new transcatheter device, thereby obviating the need for further surgery. The patient did not have calcification within the ductus, making diagnosis prior to surgery more difficult.