Successful surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in adults: report of three cases
Goura, H.; Tsuboi, H.; Fujimura, Y.; Esato, K.; Furukawa, S.; Ogawa, T.; Miyamoto, M.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 46(11): 973-975
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 8230916 Document Number: 414270
Three elderly patients underwent surgery for patent ductus arteriosus successfully. In two patients without calcification of ductus arteriosus, its division through a left thoracotomy was performed. In another patient with massively calcified ductus arteriosus associated with pulmonary hypertension, transaortic patch-closure of the aortic end of the ductus arteriosus was performed under partial cardiopulmonary bypass. All three patients and uneventful postoperative course.