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Heart Lung Circ
; 14(1): 54-7, 2005 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16352254
RESUMO
Patent ductus arteriosus is a condition usually diagnosed and treated in childhood but in some instances is not detected until adult life. Although surgical closure remains the accepted treatment in most cases, stent-grafting has emerged as a possible alternative treatment for persistent ductus arteriosus in the adult. We describe a case of elective repair of a patent ductus arteriosus using an aortic stent-graft technique in a young man. Successful use of the endoprosthetic approach may allow more widespread use of this technique in adult patent ductus arteriosus.