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Transcatheter closure of a patent arterial duct with the Amplatzer duct occluder in the area of a large thoracic aortic aneurysm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2009

Payam Ghazi
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali-Mohammad Haji-Zeinali*
Affiliation:
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*
Correspondence to: Ali-Mohammad Haji-Zeinali, MD, Assistant Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, North Kargar and Jalal-Al-Ahmad Cross, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran 1411713138, Iran. Tel: +98 21 88029721; Fax: +98-21-88029702; Cell: +98 912 1301430; E-mail: ali_zeinali_cardio@yahoo.com

Abstract

We describe successful closure of a persistently patent arterial duct, using an Amplatzer occluder, in the presence of a large thoracic aortic aneurysm in the area of the ductal ampulla. Although percutaneous closure is more difficult in this setting, because of the risk of traumatising the fragile tissues, it can safely be performed. In our case, it produced a decrease in the size of the aneurysm, and permitted us to delay endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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