• Department of Cardiac Surgey, Xinjiang Cardiac and Neurovascular Disease Hospital,Urumqi, 830011, P.R.China;
CHENG Duan, Email: chengduan@126.com
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).Methods From February 2016 to November 2018, 98 patients of pure PDA were selected, including 43 patients of funnel type and 55 patients of tube type. There were 38 males and 60 females at age of 2-48 (9.8±10.4) years. All patients underwent TTE-guided retrograde closure of the PDA through the femoral artery to establish a femoral-abdominal aorta-thoracic aorta-ductus arteriosus-aorta-right ventricle trajectory.Under the guidance of TTE, a suitable closure umbrella was placed through the femoral artery. One month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the surgery, the patients received out-patient clinical follow-up.Results Ninety eight patients were successfully occluded by TTE. The occluder was replaced many times in an adult PDA patient, but finally it was successfully plugged. The operation time was 33.2±5.8 min. The lumbar diameter was 12±6 mm. And the postoperative murmur disappeared. Ultrasound showed no shunt between the aorta and the pulmonary artery, and the postoperative hospital stay was 3-4 days. No shunt signal was found in 1, 3, 6, 12 months follow-up. Left atrial anteroposterior diameter (25.8±6.1 mm vs. 30.6±8.4 mm) and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (38.5±9.1 mm vs. 45.2±11.5 mm) were significantly smaller (P < 0.05).Conclusion TTE-guided transcatheter closure of PDA via femoral artery is a safe and effective method to avoid the damage of X-ray and contrast medium. The prospect of clinical application is good.

Citation: SUN Bao, CHENG Duan, LI Bo, HE Guibao, WANG Haifeng, Ahati, Elias, SHENG Xi, LI Jinpeng, Sadam· Hussain. Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous retrograde closure of patent ductus arteriosus. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019, 26(12): 1208-1212. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201903025 Copy

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