Recanalisation after coil embolisation of persistent ductus arteriosus.

CASE REPORT Recanalisation after coil embolisation of persistent ductus arteriosus

A 5 year old girl underwent recanalisation after coil embolisation of a persistent ductus arteriosus. Recanalisation is uncommon after coil embolisation and may be related to shrinkage of the coil, a change in its position, and ductal shape. (Heart 1998;79:308–310)

Spring coil retraction in coil occlusion of persistent ductus arteriosus.

AIMS To present the short and intermediate term results of coil occlusion of persistent ductus arteriosus and the results of radiographic measurements of spring coils implanted to treat patent ducts. PATIENTS 22 children underwent coil occlusion. Their ages ranged from 2 years 9 months to 12 years 10 months (mean (SD) age, 6.5 (3.6) years). The duct diameter ranged from 1.0 to 3.5 mm at the n...

Closure of Small Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Occluding Detachable Coil

Complementary Techniques of Percutaneous Closure of Ductus Arteriosus Using Detachable Cook Coils and Amplatzer Devices.

BACKGROUND Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a commoncardiac malformation whose treatment locally has been surgical ligation via a lateral thoracotomy. Device closure of the ductus was first performed at the Mater hospital in 1999 in a ten year old male using a five millilitre detachable cook coil. In 2000 the Amplatzer device was introduced to close larger ducts. Subsequently these devices hav...

Surgery for the persistent ductus arteriosus: a review of 625 cases.

Surgery for the persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is almost 50-years-old. It started with Robert Gross in 1938 who successfully ligated the PDA in a seven-year-old girl.! Incomplete obliteration, ligatures cutting through the ductus and recanalisation of the ductus remained troublesome possibilities with this method of dealing with the PDA. Dividing the ductus and suturing each divided end sep...