[Single staged correction of congenital heart disease with patent ductus arteriosus: ductclosure with metal clip via a median sternotomy incision (author's transl)].

Using the Hemoclips a patent ductus arteriosus can easily be closed at its pulmonary origin via a median sternotomy incision. This enlarges the surgical indication for single staged correction of congenital heart lesions combined with a patent ductus arteriosus.