Patent ductus arteriosus is a condition usually diagnosed and treated in childhood
but in some instances is not detected until adult life. Although surgical closure
remains the accepted treatment in most cases, stent-grafting has emerged as a possible
alternative treatment for persistent ductus arteriosus in the adult. We describe a
case of elective repair of a patent ductus arteriosus using an aortic stent-graft
technique in a young man. Successful use of the endoprosthetic approach may allow
more widespread use of this technique in adult patent ductus arteriosus.
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© 2004 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
