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 ...

Five-month-old Jacob Teo Jing Yu requires surgery that will cost some RM85,000 to fix three life-threatening congenital ...

Infants who had defined symptoms for PDA together with echocardiographically demonstrated ductus and presymptomatic infants with a ductus diameter/kg>1,5 or with a left atrium/aorta ratio>1,5 ...

Pulsus bisferiens can also be seen in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), patent ductus arteriosus, arteriovenous fistulas and normal hearts in a hyperdynamic state.

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 ...

In a remarkable medical achievement, KMC Hospital, Dr B R Ambedkar Circle, has successfully performed a non-surgical PDA ...

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 ...