BACKGROUND Percutaneous closure of the persistently patent ductus arteriosus with the Rashkind prosthesis is an established effective therapeutic modality, although some patients are left with residual shunting. To evaluate this, a retrospective study of the prevalence of persistent shunting over a 40-month period in the first 190 patients was undertaken. METHODS AND RESULTS All patients (mal...

Despite a large body of basic science and clinical research and clinical experience with thousands of infants over nearly 6 decades,(1) there is still uncertainty and controversy about the significance, evaluation, and management of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants, resulting in substantial heterogeneity in clinical practice. The purpose of this clinical report is to summarize the ev...

of the startling and sensational events in medical practice of the century. Yet in actual fact the story only goes back twelve years: for it was in 1939 that Gross in Boston successfully ligatured a patent ductus arteriosus, an operation which proved to be the advent of great things to come. It is not my intention here to go into the surgical details of the operations which are nowadays perform...

Aim According to experimental studies, cardiopulmonary distress decreases after closure of patent ductus arteriosus. However, early the using ibuprofen or indomethacin has failed increase survival without serious morbidity. We review relevant data aiming define optimal management strategies that promote arteriosus adverse effects. Methods Literature in English was searched selectively focusing ...

Background: Patent ductus arteriosus is a vascular structure that connects the proximal descending aorta to roof of main pulmonary artery near origin left branch results in congestive heart failure, hypertension, recurrent pneumonia and severe malnutrition. Transcatheter closure PDA usually performed for body weight above 6 kilograms, this our first case hospital close child with less than kilo...

The ductus arteriosus (DA) is a vessel whose patency is required for fetal survival but is incompatible with postnatal life. Because of developmental insufficiency, the DA in preterm infants often fails to close in a condition known as patent DA (PDA). Although COX inhibitors can be used to close the PDA by lowering circulating prostaglandin levels, their effectiveness is correlated with birth ...

The introduction of radiokymography dates from the pioneer work of Gott and Rosenthal (1912). The modern multiple slit kymograph was developed subsequently by Stumpf and his coworkers (1934), while later studies were made by Faber and Kjaergaard (1936) and Bordet and Fischgold (1937). In an earlier paper one of us (Wood, 1939) described the kymographic patterns that comprise the borders of the ...