Spring coil embolization of a patent ductus arteriosus in an adult
J R Laird1, M C Slack, P Gurczak
1Cardiology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
To date, coil embolization has been reserved for occlusion of the small patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) because of potential dislodgement of the coils. We report a case of a larger, hemodynamically significant PDA in an adult which was successfully closed by two spring coils using a "crossed catheter" technique for coil delivery.
