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CASE REPORT
Transcatheter closure of direct right pulmonary artery to left atrial communication using vascular plug
  1. Vipin Kumar1,
  2. Mithun Jacob Varghese2,
  3. Oommen K George1
  1. 1Christian Medical College, Vellore, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mithun Jacob Varghese, drmithunjv{at}gmail.com

Summary

A direct right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula is a rare congenital condition in which patients usually present with isolated cyanosis in the absence of abnormal cardiovascular findings. We report the percutaneous closure of such a defect in a young woman who presented with severe cyanosis. This was achieved without making a conventional venovenous loop and was performed using an Amplatzer vascular plug. We believe, in patients with a suitable anatomy, closure with vascular plug without a venovenous loop should be the method of choice for treating this malady in view of the technical ease.

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