Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56 , February 2010

Immediate Echocardiographic Surveillance After Transcatheter Closure of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A Feasible Method to Assess Residual Shunt

  • Chi-Di Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheung-Fat Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Fu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shao-Ju Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Jui Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Chun Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mao-Meng Tiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 9 February 2009 ,Revised 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(10)60010-1

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60010-1

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