Arora, RVerma, P KTrehan, VPassey, RNigam, MKalra, G S1997-01-012009-05-271997-01-012009-05-271997-01-01Arora R, Verma PK, Trehan V, Passey R, Nigam M, Kalra GS. Transcatheter coil occlusion of persistent ductus arteriosus using detachable steel coils: short-term results. Indian Heart Journal. 1997 Jan-Feb; 49(1): 60-4http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/3095Twenty patients underwent transcatheter occlusion of persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA), 1.5-5.5 mm in diameter, with detachable steel coils. A coil having a diameter at least twice that of the narrowest ductal diameter was used. Procedural success was achieved in all, using a single coil in 14 and multiple coils in the remaining 6. At follow-up after 2-12 (6.7 +/- 2.8) months, continuous murmur persisted in only one patient, while 4 (20%) patients had residual shunt on Doppler colour-flow imaging. There was no instance of coil embolisation, thromboembolism, intravascular haemolysis, local vascular complication or sepsis. Transcatheter occlusion of PDA with detachable coils is a safe, technically easy and cost-effective method with the added advantage of feasibility in small children.engAdolescentAortographyBlood Flow VelocityChildChild, PreschoolCineangiographyDuctus Arteriosus, Patent --diagnosisEchocardiography, Doppler, ColorEmbolization, Therapeutic --instrumentationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart Catheterization --methodsHumansMaleStainless SteelTreatment OutcomeJournal Article