A 3.5-year-old intact female miniature poodle (weighing 2.7 kg) was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Kangwon National University, because of inadvertent aortic embolization, by an occlusion coil used for the closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The coil was found at the site of the branching renal arteries in the abdominal aorta. A foreign body forceps with a three-wire nail tip was used, with fluoroscopic guidance, to retrieve the coil. After the removal, the dog was treated with heparin to prevent thromboembolization.
Animals ; *Aorta, Thoracic ; Dog Diseases/*etiology/surgery ; Dogs ; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent/*therapy ; Embolization, Therapeutic/*adverse effects/instrumentation ; Female ; Foreign Bodies/therapy/*veterinary