Menu

rss
Heart 98:1394 doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302077
  • Images in cardiology

Closure of a large ductus arteriosus in a preterm infant using the ADO II AS device

  1. Fulvio Gabbarini
  1. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, O.I.R.M - S. Anna Hospital, Turin, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gabriella Agnoletti, Servizio di Cardiologia Pediatrica, piazza Polonia 90, 10124 Torino, Italy; gabriella.agnoletti{at}oirmsantanna.piemonte.it
  • Received 16 March 2012
  • Accepted 1 May 2012
  • Published Online First 11 June 2012

Current catheter technology is not designed for closure of large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in low-weight infants. Percutaneous coil occlusion of PDA was previously attempted in a sick premature baby with multiple malformations.1 The new miniaturised device, ADO II AS (Amplatzer Duct Occluder II Additional Size), might avoid the risk of surgical closure of PDA in preterm babies.2

A male child was born with a weight of 1050 g; he …

[Full text of this article]

This Article

  1. Extract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF
  4. All Versions of this Article:
    1. heartjnl-2012-302077v1
    2. 98/18/1394 most recent

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Social bookmarking

Register for free content


Free sample
This recent issue is free to all users to allow everyone the opportunity to see the full scope and typical content of Heart.
View free sample issue >>

Free archive
The full back archive is now available for Heart. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006, back to volume 1 issue 1.
Register to access the free archive >>

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.