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Trial reportAnatolian journal of cardiology2018

Clinical study of stand-alone transthoracic echocardiography-guided percutaneous occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus.

Hua Cao, Qiang Chen, Gui Can Zhang, Liang Wan Chen, Fan Xu, Jia-Xin Zhang

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Trial report in Anatolian journal of cardiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hua CaoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University; Fuzhou-P. R. China. caohua0791@163.com.
Qiang Chen
Gui Can Zhang
Liang Wan Chen
Fan Xu
Jia-Xin Zhang
Union Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of stand-alone transthoracic echocardiography-guided percutaneous occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) without the use of X-ray equipment.

methodsFrom January to December 2015, we performed stand-alone transthoracic echocardiography-guided percutaneous PDA occlusion using an occluder delivered via a delivery sheath introduced via femoral vein access without the use of X-ray equipment in 12 PDA patients.

resultsPDA occlusion was successfully performed in all 12 patients. The procedure duration ranged from 30 to 110 min (50.4±22.8 min), and the size of the implanted occluder ranged from 12 to 20 mm (15.2±2.8 mm). No occluder migration, residual shunt, or thrombotic complications were observed in the perioperative period. There was no clinical death, hemolysis, infection, or embolism during patients' hospitalization and the follow-up period.

conclusionStand-alone transthoracic echocardiography-guided percutaneous PDA occlusion without the use of X-ray equipment is a safe and effective procedure.

Indexed as

EchocardiographyAdolescentAdultCardiac CatheterizationChildDuctus Arteriosus, PatentFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSeptal Occluder DeviceTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalYoung Adult

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PMID29952360
PMCPMC6237790
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