[Digital subtraction angiography of patent ductus arteriosus]

Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was performed in 31 patients with the open arterial duct (OAD), of them 15 were outpatients. Diagnosis was made in all primary patients using DSA, indications and contraindications for endovascular occlusion of the OAD were defined. Of 17 patients examined at varying time after endovascular occlusion of the duct, valid signs of reliable occlusion of the duct were obtained in 16. In one patient a contrast medium got from the aorta to the pulmonary artery via the arterial duct indicating OAD incomplete closure. DSA can be used under outpatient conditions to define indications and contraindications for endovascular occlusion of the OAD and to assess its long-term effectiveness.