• Zakhia Saliba, Issam El-Rassi, Linda Daou, Ghassan Chehab, Alawi Abdallahi, Bernard Gerbaka, and Ramzi Ashoush.
• Unité de Cardiopédiatrie, Réanimation et Chirurgie cardíaque pédiatrique, Hôtel-Dieu de France.
• J Med Liban. 2002 Sep 1;50(5-6):197-200.

UnlabelledPercutaneous closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has become an efficient and safe technique in children. We report the first Lebanese series of 8 children who had their PDA closed percutaneously with a coil or an Amplatzer Duct Occluder.MethodsPatients median age was 3.2 years (range 1.2 to 12 years). The median minimal diameter of the PDA was 2.1 mm (1.2 to 4 mm). A coil was used in 4 children and an Amplatzer occluder in the 4 other patients. The device was chosen according to the diameter of the PDA.ResultsThe results were excellent in all patients. A trivial shunt present in 3 cases, disappeared within 8 weeks. No complication were noted in this series.ConclusionPercutaneous closure of the PDA in children, using interventional radiology, is a simple and reproducible technique. It is now the treatment of choice in most pediatric cardiac centers worldwide.

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