A Case of Patent Ductus Arteriosus with Congestive Heart Failure in a 80-Year-Old Man

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a rare clinical finding in adult patients. Considering the increase in cases of PDA discovered incidentally on echocardiograms at young ages, and the life-shortening effect of PDA, it is rare to diagnose PDA in old patients. We report a case of an 80-year-old patien...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hye yeon, Her, Sung-Ho, Park, Mahn Won, Choi, Min Seok, Cho, Jung Sun, Kim, Chan Joon, Kang, Hye Seon, Choi, Yoo A, Ju, Il Nam, Kim, Seon A, Lee, Jong-Ho, Kwon, Jong-Bum, Park, Kuhn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323124
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.12.849
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Sumario:Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a rare clinical finding in adult patients. Considering the increase in cases of PDA discovered incidentally on echocardiograms at young ages, and the life-shortening effect of PDA, it is rare to diagnose PDA in old patients. We report a case of an 80-year-old patient who experienced symptoms of congestive heart failure showed findings suggestive of PDA in echocardiogram and confirmed the diagnosis through a cardiac catheterization and a coronary angiography. After percutaneous occlusion of PDA with an Amplatzer duct occlusion device, symptoms related to congestive heart failure improved.

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