Clinical outcome of transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in small children weighing 10 kg or less

PurposeTranscatheter closure has become an effective therapy in most patients with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). However, there are difficulties in transcatheter closure of PDA in small children. We reviewed clinical outcomes of transcatheter closure of PDA in children weighing less than 10 kg in a single center.MethodsBetween January 2003 and December 2009, 314 patients with PDA underwent transcatheter closure in our institute. Among them, 115 weighed less than 10 kg. All of these patients underwent transcatheter closure of PDA using either COOK Detachable Coil®, PFM Nit-Occlud®, or Amplatzer duct occluder®. A retrospective review of the treatment results and complications was performed.ResultsThe mean age of patients was 9.1±5.9 months (median, 8 months), and mean weight was 7.6±1.8 kg (median, 7.8 kg). The mean diameter of PDA was 3.2±1.4 mm (median, 3 mm). Complete occlusion occurred in 113 patients (98%). One patient was sent to surgery because of a failed attempt at device closure, and another patient had a small residual shunt after device placement. The average mean length of hospital stay was 3.0±3.3 days, and mean follow-up duration was 21.0±19.6 months. There were no major complications in any of the patients.ConclusionTranscatheter closure of PDA is considered safe and efficacious in infants weighing less than 10 kg. With sufficient experience and further effort, transcatheter closure of PDA can be accepted as the gold standard of treatment for this group of patients

Le savant et son époque à travers sa correspondance Seeger A. Bonebakker (1923-2005) et quelques notes sur Ḫalīl b. Aybak al-Ṣafadī (696-764/1297-1363)

This article proposes a survey of two great scholars’ in Arabic literature correspondences: a European of the 20th century, Seeger Adrianus Bonebakker, who is of special interest for us because he bequeathed all of his great library, personal notes and correspondence to Università Ca’ Foscari, and a subject of study of the former, Ḫalīl b. Aybak al-Ṣafadī, great littérateur and scholar of the first century of the Mamluk period. Letters sent and received are preserved in both cases and are primary sources on their network, but also on their personal life, personality and methodology

al-Šifā bi-taʿrif ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafā [AL-QĀḌĪ] ʿIYĀḌ IBN ʿIYĀḌ (sic) AL-YAḤṢUBĪ

Numérisation effectuée à partir d'un document de substitution.Traité Tawḥīd. Attributs et qualités du Prophète Début et fin manquent/lacune

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Contient : ZUHAYR IBN ABĪ SULMĀ ; AL-ḤASAN IBN MASʿŪD AL-YŪSĪ ; Poème (taḫmīs) ; ʿABD ALLĀH IBN MUḤAMMAD (sic) AL-ḪAZRAĞĪ ; al-Manẓūma al-Ğazāʾiriyya fī al-tawḥid MUḤAMMAD IBN ʿABDALLĀH AL-ĞAZĀʾIRĪ ; Urğūzat al-wildān YAḤYĀ IBN ʿUMAR AL-QURṬUBĪ ; Fatḥ al-aqfālwa-ḍarb al-amṯāl fī šarḥ Lāmiyyat al-afʿal MUḤAMMAD IBN BAḤRAQ IBN ʿUMAR AL-ḤAḌRAMĪ ; CommentaireNumérisation effectuée à partir d'un document de substitution