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Percutaneous closure of small patent arterial ducts using occluding spring coils and a snare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Benjamin Zeevi ,
Michael Berant ,
Galit Bar-Mor  and
Leonard C. Blieden
Benjamin Zeevi*
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Michael Berant
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Galit Bar-Mor
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Leonard C. Blieden
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
*
Dr. Benjamin Zeevi, Institute of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan Street, Petah Tiqva 49202, Israel. Tel. 972-3-939 3675; Fax. 972-3-939 3146.
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Abstract

In recent years, the percutaneous closure of small and medium-sized patent arterial ducts has been achieved using occluding spring coils. We describe our experience in 33 patients with this technique using a snare to facilitate the procedure. All patients had a clinically apparent patent arterial duct and underwent an attempt at transcatheter closure at a mean age of 5.6 years. In one patient, the duct was a residual lesion following surgical ligation, and in three was residual following attempted closure with a Rashkind double-umbrella. The mean narrowest diameter of the ducts was 1.9 mm. The coil embolized in two of the first four patients, and subsequent to that experience we used a snare to improve delivery. Of the 33 patients, implantation was successful in 32 (97%) using one [29 patients] or two [two patients] coils and in one by a combination of a double-umbrella device and an occluding spring coil. The mean fluoroscopic screening time for the whole group was 26.5 minutes, this time decreasing to 18.5 minutes in the last 26 patients [p <0.05]. Color-Doppler echocardiogram performed the morning after placement of the coils has shown residual leaks in nine of 32 patients [28%]. At a mean follow-up of 7.6 months, repeated imaging has shown residual leaks in four of these patients [12.5%]. No patient had a residual continuous murmur immediately following occlusion. Based on our results, we conclude that occlusion of small to medium-sized ducts using coils appears to be effective. The use of a snare to hold and manipulate the coil as it is delivered improves both control of the coil and the accuracy of its placement.

Keywords

Patent arterial ductinterventional cardiologycongenital heart defect
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 327 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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