This syndrome – recognized only in the last decade – is still not accepted by the International League Against Epilepsy [6]. Rotavirus has been reported as the most common etiological agent in this condition in different studies [4,5]. However, other organisms have also been reported [3], and it has not been possible to attribute the convulsions to any organism, as yet [2]. The clinical symptom...

A 14-month-old girl was evaluated for noisy breathing and swallowing. An upper gastrointestinal barium swallow study showed a filling defect of the esophagus at the level of the aortic arch suggestive of a vascular ring (Figures 1 and 2). A chest computed tomography angiogram with 3-dimensional reconstruction (1-mm sections; Movies I and II in the onlineonly Data Supplement) showed a vascular r...

Ductus arteriosus aneurysm, a rare and potentially fatal condition, has been reported as a complication after surgical ductus arteriosus closure. Its spontaneous appearance as a septic complication, which was common in the presurgical and preantibiotic era, has been rarely reported in the contemporary literature. Persistence of silent ductus arteriosus in healthy children and adults is a freque...

Further studies of hereditary patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in the dog show the defect to have a graded phenotypic expression. A high proportion of offspring of test matings had a fully patent ductus arteriosus, while a smaller proportion had a blind diverticulum of the ductus arteriosus which communicated with the aorta. This is considered to be a forme fruste of PDA, representing incomplete ...

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) adalah penyakit jantung kongenital yang disebabkan oleh gagal menutupnya ductus arteriosus dan menyebabkan abnormalitas aliran darah dari aorta menuju arteri pulmonalis. Kondisi tersebut mengakibatkan berlebihnya volume dalam sirkulasi paru-paru, atrium kiri, ventrikel kiri dapat berkontribusi pada terjadinya kongestif. Tulisan ini melaporkan seekor anjing Toy Poo...

A 14-month-old premature infant with a large, tubular, patent ductus arteriosus was under periodic follow-up. On ultrasound study, the ductus was seen to vary in diameter, but the persistent dilation of the left chambers and failure of the patient to thrive led us to present her for percutaneous closure. Before attempting to cross the ductus, descending aorta (Ao) angiography with a pigtail cat...

Surgery for the persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is almost 50-years-old. It started with Robert Gross in 1938 who successfully ligated the PDA in a seven-year-old girl.! Incomplete obliteration, ligatures cutting through the ductus and recanalisation of the ductus remained troublesome possibilities with this method of dealing with the PDA. Dividing the ductus and suturing each divided end sep...

Histologic study of the persistent ductus arteriosus in case of a congenital rubella syndrome revealed that this persistency is probably due to an arrest in the development of the ductus. Histologically, it resembles a very immature ductus and not the most common type of persistent ductus arteriosus. The earlier finding, that in the human ductus arteriosus, the presence of an extensive subendot...