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A complication of the Amplatzer PDA
occluder requiring Surgical Correction
Basel Harahsheh1
ABSTRACT
Trans-catheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus is the standard of care. We present a case of aortic coarctation secondary to Amplatzer PDA occluder (PDO) deployment treated surgically by device explantation.An eighteen month old boy had an Amplatzer PDA occluder implanted at the age of one year; presented with aortic coarctation; where the aortic disc of the PDA occluder was protruding into the aorta.He then underwent successful surgical retrieval of the PDA occluder and correction of aortic coarctation with ligation of patent ductus arteriosus.
Key Words: Amplatzer device, Patent Ductus Arteriosus Complications, Surgical correction, PDA occluder.
Pak J Med Sci January - March 2007 Vol. 23 No.1 130-131
1. Dr.Basel Harahsheh
Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Queen Alia Heart Institute,
Prince Hamzeh Suburb,
P.O. Box: 134, Amman-11733,
Jordan.
Correspondence
Dr. Basel Harahsheh
E-mail: basel_md@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: July 24, 2006
* Accepted: September 14, 2006
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