Transcatheter closure of the patent arterial duct using the Flipper coil in a premature infant weighing 1,400 g: a case report. |
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| Authors: | Roopa Thukaram William A Suarez Sreekanthan Sundararaghavan |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Cardiology Mercy Children's Hospital, Toledo, OH 43608, USA. |
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| Abstract: | A symptomatic 1,400 g premature triplet underwent successful transcatheter coil embolization of patent arterial duct using the umbilical artery. One 3 mm x 3 cm Flipper coil was used with no angiographic residual shunt. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the smallest preterm infants to undergo this transcatheter procedure. |
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| Keywords: | low birth weight detachable coil patent arterial duct transcatheter closure |
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