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 ...

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

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 ...

Prostaglandin injections are commonly used in infants with congenital heart defects to keep the ductus arteriosus open until surgery can be performed. However, to ensure the PDA remained open ...

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 ...