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2010, Volume 32, Number 2, Page(s) 139-142
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Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Transcatheter Procedure in an Adult Patient
Ertuğrul Emre Güntürk1, Mikail Yarlıoğlueş1, Mehmet Güngör Kaya1, Özgür Günebakmaz1, Ali Baykan2
1Department of Cardiology Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri – Turkey
2Department of Pediatric Cardiology Erciyes University Medical FacultyKayseri - Turkey
Keywords: Adult; Patent Ductus Arteriosus

A forty-year-old woman suffering from palpitation for six months was admitted to cardiology clinic. Continuous murmur was heard on left subclavian space on physical examination. Normal sinus rhythm and left ventricular hypertrophy signs were present in her electrocardiography. In echocardiographic examination left cardiac chamber dilatation and shunt from aorta to pulmonary artery were revealed by color Doppler imaging. Diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus was confirmed with transoesophagial echocardiography. Patent ductus arteriosus was closed by using 8x5 mm Amplatzer ductal occluder with transcatheter procedure by cardiac catheterization. No complications occurred during and after the procedure and the patient was discharged.

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