Prostaglandin E1 is responsible for keeping the ductus open and thus in certain cyanotic congenital heart defects where the only mixing of arterial and venous blood is through a PDA, prostaglandin ...

[13] In this schema of the heart, it can be seen that ... hence limiting the use of relative ventricular output as a measure of PDA significance. This shows the measurement of the color Doppler ...

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

Background and aims: The aim is to evaluate and compare the efficacy and side effects of oral and intravenous(IV) ibuprofen for treatment of PDA in preterm infants. Methods: A prospective ...

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 ...