A novel method of creation of a fenestration in nitinol occluder devices used in closure of hypertensive patent arterial ducts

Test occlusion with a balloon is done to predict operability of large hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). If the fall in the pulmonary artery pressures is inadequate, a complete closure is not desired. To create a predictable premeasured fenestration in a nitinol occluder device used for cl...

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Main Authors: Anil Kumar Singhi, Kothandam Sivakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
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Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2016;volume=9;issue=1;spage=53;epage=58;aulast=Singhi