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Percutaneous Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in a Conjoined Twin: Case Report
Paulo Correia Calamita1, Jonathan Guimarães Lombardi1, Mayra Rosana Palmeira Barreto1,2
1Hospital Estadual de Urgências Governador Otávio Lage Siqueira (HUGOL), Goiânia, GO - Brasil.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|January 15, 2025
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Conjoined twin patients with patent ductus arteriosus and hemodynamic repercussions have a worse prognosis. In the present case report, we demonstrate the first successful percutaneous closure of the ductus arteriosus with the Piccolo© device (Abbot Structural Heart, Plymouth, MN, USA) in this type of clinical situation.
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