
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Cardiac Critical Care TSS 2019; 03(01): 36-38
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1697547
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1697547
Point of Technique
Transpulmonary Closure of Giant Persistent Ductus Arteriosus under Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Normothermic Cardioplegia
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Publication History
Publication Date:
25 November 2019 (online)

Abstract
A 25-year-old female patient with a giant, short, calcified, hypertensive, window ductus arteriosus underwent successful closure via transpulmonary approach under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass without circulatory arrest using a Foley catheter for temporary occlusion.
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