Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is the persistence of an opening that allows the blood to skip circulating through the lungs after a baby is born. This is a developmental abnormality that usually ...

SHOULD closure of a patent ductus arteriosus with reversal of flow be attempted? If so, how can the high surgical mortality hitherto reported 1–3 be reduced? An attempt is made to answer these ...

Pharmacological and/or surgical closure of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in the very preterm infant has been the standard of care over the past few decades. However, the ...

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), one of the more common cardiac defects present at birth, is the persistence of an opening between the pulmonary artery and aorta. This opening is as a result of failure ...

Accurate diagnosis of a PDA requires echocardiography. Echocardiography together with Doppler and color Doppler allows assessment of patency, diameter of the DA (using color Doppler), and direction of ...

The shunts ensure that the circulating blood in the fetus has high oxygen saturation to meet the demand of rapidly growing fetal tissue. The blood that enters the fetal circulation divides into two ...

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital cardiac defect that occurs when the ductus arteriosus fails to close. The result is a persistent communication between the aorta and pulmonary artery, ...

Patent Ductus arteriosus is the second commonest congenital birth defect of the heart and can cause heart failure; however majority of these defect close spontaneously after birth. Patent Ductus ...