Late surgical removal of an embolized patent ductus arteriosus device causing erosion of the aortic wall.

Pediatr Cardiol

Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Frontier Lifeline and Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, R 30 C Ambattur Industrial Estate Road, Chennai, 600 010, India.

Published: December 2012

We report a case of 2-year-old boy who presented late after PDA device embolization to descending aorta. He had mild obstruction with erosion of the intimal layer of descending aorta caused by the device that was successfully retrieved surgically with reconstruction of the aortic segment.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0272-1DOI Listing

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