Goura H, Tsuboi H, Fujimura Y, Esato K, Furukawa S, Ogawa T, Miyamoto M
First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 1993 Oct;46(11):973-5.
Three elderly patients underwent surgery for patent ductus arteriosus successfully. In two patients without calcification of ductus arteriosus, its division through a left thoracotomy was performed. In another patient with massively calcified ductus arteriosus associated with pulmonary hypertension, transaortic patch-closure of the aortic end of the ductus arteriosus was performed under partial cardiopulmonary bypass. All three patients and uneventful postoperative course.
