Cite this: Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants - Medscape - Aug 01, 2003. The DA of a very preterm infant has minimal constriction ...

A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery resulting in left to right shunting. This connection is supposed to close shortly after birth ...

Referred to Lisie Hospital at 25 days old, the baby’s life was sustained through PDA (patent ductus arteriosus), a thin, hollow tube. She had low oxygen saturation, and prostaglandin was ...

A chihuahua puppy just half the size of a newborn baby has undergone open-heart surgery to save her life. Birdie was born with a major heart condition called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), which ...

The team conducted a heart surgery known as a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) invasive closure ... that should close after three weeks when a baby is born. But her vessel remained open and grew ...

This article presents common misconceptions about the physiologic significance of early ductal shunting and reviews the evidence regarding the preferential use of echocardiography rather than ...