Acute Aortic Dissection as a Rare Complication of Percutaneous Closure Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II for a Tubular and Enlarged Patent Ductus Arteriosus in an Elderly Patient

Abstract

A 74-year-old man with progressive breathlessness was diagnosed as having heart failure due to patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ([Figure 1][1]). Percutaneous PDA closure was performed transvenously using a 16-mm Amplatzer Vascular Plug II (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minnesota). His blood pressure