Left Pulmonary Artery Stenting for Left Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Following Patent Ductus Arteriosus Device Closure: Case Series and Review of the Literature

TL;DR

This paper reports four cases where stenting was needed in the left pulmonary artery after device closure of a heart defect called patent ductus arteriosus.

Contribution

The novelty lies in presenting a case series and literature review on a rare complication of PDA device closure requiring left pulmonary artery stenting.

Findings

Four patients required left pulmonary artery stenting following PDA device closure.

Device-related left pulmonary artery stenosis is a rare but recognized complication.

Stent placement was effective in relieving the obstruction in these cases.

Abstract

Percutaneous device occlusion is currently the standard of care for most cases of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Albeit infrequent, device-related left pulmonary artery (LPA) stenosis is a known complication of this procedure, occasionally requiring stent placement to relieve the obstruction. We present a series of four patients who required left pulmonary stenting after ductus arteriosus device closure. A review of the current evidence is presented.

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