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Published on: December 23, 2022
[Percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus using the Amplatzer vascular Plug II]
Rafael Parra-Bravo1, Luisa Beirana-Palencia, Antonio Corona-Rodríguez
1Servicio de Cardiología y Hemodinamia Pediátrica.
Unlabelled:
The Amplatzer vascular II Plug (AVPII) is a self- expanding occluder device, indicated for arterial and venous occlusion in the peripheral circulation.
Objective:
To describe our initial clinical experience with the AVP II, in the percutaneous closure of small patent ductus arteriosus.
Method:
We retrospectively analyzed seven patients who underwent percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus. The AVP II was chosen with a diameter greater than 50% of the minimum diameter of the ductus arteriosus.
Results:
Patients showed a ductus arteriosus with a diameter of 1.5 ± 1.4 (range: 0.8 - 4.7 mm). Successful implant was achieved with adequate angiographic occlusion in 6 patients. One patient was sent to surgery. We only found a major complication. Transthoracic echocardiography at 24 hours, confirmed the complete occlusion in this patients. The follow-up was 10.6 ± 9.1 months.
Conclusion:
The AVP II in this group of patients was shown to be safe and effective for percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus.
