Annina Dietrich1,2, Daniel Quandt1,2, Oliver Kretschmar1,2, Walter Knirsch1,2,*
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 215-230, 2022, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.017232
- 26 January 2022
Abstract Objectives: To determine immediate and long-term follow-up of transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus
(PDA) in children. Background: National antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) guideline for infective endocarditis changed after 2009, the effect on practice of PDA closure is unknown. Methods: Observational single center study
analyzing follow-up of PDA closure comparing two time periods before (2002–2009) and after (2010–2019)
changes in AP guideline. Results: 332 patients (68.1% female), median (interquartile range) age 3.0 years
(1.5–5.7) and body weight 14.0 kg (10.0–19.3), were enrolled. PDA morphology was conical type A (50.3%), window type B (1.2%), tubular type C (40.1%), complex type… More >
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