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Journal of Structural Heart Disease, October 2016, Volume 2, Issue 5:213-216
DOI: 10.12945/j.jshd.2016.008.15

Transcatheter Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a 6-Year old Girl with the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder II

Damien Kenny, MB, MD*1, Nelly Gomez, MD2, Juan Ramirez, MD2

1 Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Clinica Corominas, Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 

Abstract

We report the successful deployment of a 6-mm Amplatzer Ductal Occluder II via a retrograde approach to treat full occlusion of a type II ruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a symptomatic 6-year-old girl with significant left-heart dilation.

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Cite this article as: Kenny D, Gomez N, Ramirez J. Transcatheter Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a 6-Year old Girl with the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder II. Structural Heart Disease 2016;2(5):213-216. DOI: 10.12945/j.jshd.2016.008.15

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