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Christopher Herron1,2, Thomas J Forbes1,2, Daisuke Kobayashi1,2
1Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
Cardiology in the Young
|December 6, 2021
Abstract:
Transfemoral venous approach is the standard method for transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure using the Amplatzer Piccolo patent ductus arteriosus occluder in small infants. We report a 1.4 kg infant who underwent transcatheter Piccolo patent ductus arteriosus closure. Transjugular venous approach was taken due to the unexpected finding of interrupted inferior vena cava.

