In a remarkable medical achievement, KMC Hospital, Dr B R Ambedkar Circle, has successfully performed a non-surgical PDA ...

We present a 3-year-old girl with an asymptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) awaiting an elective transcatheter device closure. She presented with a 2-week history of high-grade fever (40°C).

usa.net Background: The design of devices currently used for closure of persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with high pulmonary artery pressure is not ideal and there is a risk of embolisation into the ...

Background: Surgical closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants has been associated with impaired neurodevelopmental outcome. Surgical PDA closure may result ...

Heart defects closure devices are medical devices used for diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defect, which include atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, left atrial appendage ...

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous ibuprofen for the pharmacological closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in less mature preterm infants. Design Prospective, ...

1 Neonatology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2 Department of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia ...

Doctors can insert a soft wire mesh PDA closure device through a catheter (a long, narrow tube) to stop blood flow through a PDA. According to Gachara, invasive surgery is done from the leg where ...

The device is made of a Nitinol ... In two infants transcatheter closure could not be achieved and surgical duct ligation had to be carried out. CONCLUSIONS In small infants with a persistent ductus ...