Percutaneous Retrieval of a Vegetation in a Pediatric Patient with Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A New Technique to Avoid Thoracotomy
Paediatrics
Percutaneous Retrieval of a Vegetation in a Pediatric Patient with Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A New Technique to Avoid Thoracotomy
Paediatrics

Percutaneous Retrieval of a Vegetation in a Pediatric Patient with Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A New Technique to Avoid Thoracotomy

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2024 Sep;121(9):e20140010. doi: 10.36660/abc.20240010.

ABSTRACT

Infective endocarditis in the pediatric population is a rare condition that may or may not be associated with a congenital heart disease. Current treatment modalities are based on long-term antibiotic therapy and surgical resection as the first option for cases of persistent vegetation. We present a case of successful percutaneous retrieval of a vegetation in a patent ductus arteriosus, that extended to the pulmonary artery trunk in a pediatric patient. This is the first report in the literature on this type of extraction of vegetation in the ductus arteriosus without thoracotomy.

PMID:39442129 | DOI:10.36660/abc.20240010