SEVERE MECHANICAL HEMOLYSIS AFTER INCOMPL ETE CLOSURE OF A PERSISTANTDUCTUS-ARTERIOSUS - IMPLANTATION OF A 2ND RASHKIND OCCLUDER

Authors
SIEVERT H BAUER U BRUNS N ENSSLEN R PETERS K
Citation
H. Sievert et al., SEVERE MECHANICAL HEMOLYSIS AFTER INCOMPL ETE CLOSURE OF A PERSISTANTDUCTUS-ARTERIOSUS - IMPLANTATION OF A 2ND RASHKIND OCCLUDER, Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie, 83(6), 1994, pp. 458-461
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03005860
Volume
83
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
458 - 461
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-5860(1994)83:6<458:SMHAIE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 72 year-old female patient with a persistant ductus arteriosus suffe red from a severe mechanical hemolysis after incomplete PDA closure wi th a Rashkind occluder. The residual shunt was closed with a second oc cluder 2 days later. Hemolysis was stopped immediately; complete closu re of the duct was confirmed by color Doppler 6 weeks and 6 months lat er.