en عمومى General گزارش مورد case report <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Background and Objective:</span></b> The incidence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been increased significantly over the last two decades, due to an increase in the survival rate of premature infants. The aim of this case report is to present using an amplatzer ventricular septal defect (VSD) for a large PDA closure.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Case Report:</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> The present report describes a two-year-old girl with poor weight gain, failure to thrive and recurrent infection, referred to the Rafsanjan Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital, which in most visits just a form of congenital heart disease was diagnosed and treated, but in fact this case had a large PDA which was not identified in the previous transthoracic echocardiography. The diameter of PDA was equal to the diameter of the aorta. It was successfully occluded using the amplatzer muscular VSD closure device.</span></span><br> <b><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#24a3a0">Conclusion: </span></span></b><span style="line-height:107%">Amplatzer VSD occluder device is recommended to close a large PDA, because of its wider waist.</span></span></span></div> Amplatzer Ventricular Septal Defect Closure Device, Child, Patent Ductus Arteriosus 675 678 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-136-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reza Derakhshan rderakhshan98@yahoo.com 10031947532846004162 10031947532846004162 No Rafssanjan University of Medical Sciences Tabandeh Sadeghi t.sadeghi@rums.ac.ir 10031947532846004163 10031947532846004163 Yes Rafssanjan University of Medical Sciences