Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in a dog with a peripheral vascular occlusion device

Daniel F Hogan; Henry W Green; Robert A Sanders

doi:10.1016/j.jvc.2005.12.004

Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in a dog with a peripheral vascular occlusion device

J Vet Cardiol. 2006 Nov;8(2):139-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2005.12.004. Epub 2006 Oct 10.

Authors

Daniel F Hogan¹, Henry W Green, Robert A Sanders

Affiliation

¹ Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Lynn Hall, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA.

PMID: 19083347
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2005.12.004

Abstract

A 4-month-old, intact female mixed-breed dog presented to the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. A large left-to-right patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was diagnosed and interventional correction was achieved with a commercially available peripheral vascular occlusion device (VOD). The VOD is composed of a nitinol wire mesh and is similar in composition and shape to a commercially available human PDA occluder, however, it can be deployed through smaller delivery catheters and is much less expensive. The product and procedural details of the device are described.