Operative management of the calcified patent ductus arteriosus in the elderly
Kubo, K.; Ohkawa, Y.; Fukuchi, T.; Koike, S.; Murase, K.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 44(12): 1010-1012
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 1758101 Document Number: 387442
Two cases of the calcified PDA were experienced in subjects aged more than 50 years. A 63-year-old woman was successfully operated upon. A Fogarty's balloon catheter was wedged into the PDA through the ductus after a pulmonary arteriotomy under cardiopulmonary (CP) bypass. A 57-year-old woman was safely operated. PDA was repaired under partial CP bypass with Bio-pump. Postoperative courses of these cases were uneventful. Brief review of surgical treatment for PDA was given.