Volume 59, Issue 2 pp. 271-275
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

One-step treatment of patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery stenosis by cardiac catheterization

Giuseppe Santoro MD

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Giuseppe Santoro MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi MD

Maurizio Cappelli Bigazzi MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Maria Teresa Palladino MD

Maria Teresa Palladino MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Marianna Carrozza MD

Marianna Carrozza MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Maria Giovanna Russo MD

Maria Giovanna Russo MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Raffaele Calabrò MD

Raffaele Calabrò MD

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. “Monaldi,” II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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First published: 20 May 2003
Citations: 3

Abstract

Coexistence of pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) may lead to overestimating the relative importance of these malformations. This article reports on a patient with a trivial PDA and severe PA stenosis erroneously diagnosed as moderate PDA. He was successfully submitted to simultaneous PA stenting and PDA embolization. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:271–275. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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