Open AccessAmplatzer vascular plugs in congenital cardiovascular malformations
Author(s) -
Parag Barwad,
Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan,
Shyam Sunder Kothari,
Anitá Saxena,
Saurabh Kumar Gupta,
Rajnish Juneja,
Gurpreet Singh Gulati,
Priya Jagia,
Sanjiv Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.115255
Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , shunt (medical) , catheter , cardiac catheterization , systemic circulation , cardiology , complication , pulmonary artery , occlusion , surgery
Amplatzer vascular plugs (AVPs) are devices ideally suited to close medium-to-large vascular communications. There is limited published literature regarding the utility of AVPs in congenital cardiovascular malformations (CCVMs).