Patent ductus arteriosus closure using an amplatzer ventricular septal defect occluder: A case report

The incidence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been increased significantly over the last two decades, due to an increase in the survival rate of premature infants. The present case report used an amplatzer ventricular septal defect (VSD) for a large PDA closure.

The present report describes a two-year-old girl with poor weight gain, failure to thrive and recurrent infection, referred to the Rafsanjan Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital. But in most examinations, a form of congenital heart disease was diagnosed and treated. The present case had a large PDA whose diameter was equal to the diameter of the aorta. This large PDA was not identified in the previous transthoracic echocardiography which was performed by several cardiologists. It was successfully occluded using the amplatzer muscular VSD closure device.

Amplatzer VSD occluder device because of its wider waist is recommended to close a large PDA.