THE INTERMITTENT DUCTUS REVISITED - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AND SUCCESSFUL COIL OCCLUSION - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Authors
VERMA R PRESTI S DANILOWICZ D
Citation
R. Verma et al., THE INTERMITTENT DUCTUS REVISITED - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AND SUCCESSFUL COIL OCCLUSION - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 45(3), 1998, pp. 260-263
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
260 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1998)45:3<260:TIDR-E>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Intermittent occurrence of a large ductal shunt by physical examinatio n and Doppler echocardiography is reported. Cineangiography confirmed a tubular ductus arteriosus with an angulated, narrow, pulmonary end. Presumably this angulation intermittently caused functional closure of the ductus. Trans-arterial delivery of coils resulted In complete occ lusion. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 45:260-263, 1998. (C) 1998 Wiley Li ss, Inc.