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Vascular plugs - A key companion to Interventionists - 'Just Plug it'.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: diagnosis, interventional therapy and clinical progress.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Review
- Long-term outcome following endovascular repair of complex aortocaval fistula after nephrectomy.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026Article
- Successful Transcatheter Amplatzer Repair of Severe Paravalvular Leak Following Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery.Case reports in cardiology · 2026Article
- Transcatheter closure of a giant and tortuous right coronary artery-to-right atrium fistula in a child: a case report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Monster left circumflex artery fistula closure by vascular plug in a patient with post-COVID-19 myocardial infarction.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Use of the Medtronic Microvascular Plug 7Q for transcatheter closure of large patent ductus arteriosus in infants weighing less than 2.5 kg.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2022Article
- Amplatzer vascular plug IV in the treatment of high flow renal arteriovenous fistula: Case considerations.Radiology case reports · 2020Article
- Collateral closure in congenital heart defects with Amplatzer vascular plugs: single-center experience and a simplified delivery technique for exceptional cases.Heart and vessels · 2019Article
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Abstract
Vascular plugs are ideally suited to close extra-cardiac, high flowing vascular communications. The family of vascular plugs has expanded. Vascular plugs in general have a lower profile and the newer variants can be delivered even through a diagnostic catheter. These features make them versatile and easy to use. The Amplatzer vascular plugs are also used for closing intracardiac defects including coronary arterio-venous fistula and paravalvular leakage in an off-label fashion. In this review, the features of currently available vascular plugs are reviewed along with tips and tricks of using them in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
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