complication of the amplatzer PDA occluder requiring surgical correction

ABSTRACT

Trans-catheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus is the standard of care. We present a case of aortic coarctation secondary to Amplatzer PDA occluder [PDO] deployment treated surgically by device explantation. An eighteen month old boy had an Amplatzer PDA occluder implanted at the age of one year; presented with aortic coarctation; where the aortic disc of the PDA occluder was protruding into the aorta.He then underwent successful surgical retrieval of the PDA occluder and correction of aortic coarctation with ligation of patent ductus arteriosus