Patent ductus arteriosus in the adult is an extremely rare clinical phenomenon. We report the case of a 34-year old man who developed pulmonary endarteritis and subsequent embolic lung abscess secondary to a large patent ductus arteriosus. This brief report also provides an overview of the natural history, potential complications, optimal therapy, and diagnostic dilemmas associated with this pe...

We report a neonate with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia and severe left ventricular dysfunction, in whom the blood flow in the transverse arch and its branches was supported in a retrograde fashion by patent ductus arteriosus. There was only minimal antegrade flow across the aortic valve and hemodynamic physiology resembled critical aortic stenosis, necessitating the immediate use of pros...

OBJECTIVES: Ibuprofen is a non-selective anti-inflammatory cyclooxygenase inhibitor drug of the propionic acid class of non-steroidal agents, available without prescription in the USA. In preterm infants, ibuprofen is used to close the Patent Ductus Arteriosus and it was found to be more effective than indomethacin. This metaanalysis determined whether differences exist in the closure rate of P...

We describe the development of hemolysis from moderate residual shunting across a patent ductus arteriosus following coil embolization. The fall in hemoglobin levels from 11.6 to 6.0 gm/dl necessitated a second coil procedure which resulted in complete closure of the residual shunting and resolution of hemolysis. Therefore, appearance of anemia following coil embolization of patent ductus arter...

T HE PRESENCE of an asymptomatic patent ductus arteriosus is usually suspected on the basis of auscultatory findings, and the diagnosis is supported by electrocardiography and roentgenography. Other vascular and cardiac lesions that produce continuous murmurs to the left of the upper sternum are usually symptomatic and are associated with additional changes requiring cardiac catheterization and...

The impression that has been gathered from a perusal of the available literature is that a patent ductus arteriosus as a sole abnormality is comparatively rare. In Abbott's' coliected series of 850 cases there were but 73, and in Laubry and Pezzi's2 well-known work the lesion is said to be rare. Recently Perry3 in a review of congenital heart lesions in Bristol school children found, amongst 12...

The impression that has been gathered from a perusal of the available literature is that a patent ductus arteriosus as a sole abnormality is comparatively rare. In Abbott's' coliected series of 850 cases there were but 73, and in Laubry and Pezzi's2 well-known work the lesion is said to be rare. Recently Perry3 in a review of congenital heart lesions in Bristol school children found, amongst 12...

Primary hyperoxaluria is a rare hereditary metabolic disorder resulting in accumulation of calcium oxalate in visceral organs, including the heart. We report a 19-year-old male with non- compaction cardiomyopathy combined with patent ductus arteriosus awaiting combined liver-kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria. After surgical closure of the patent ductus arteriosus, the patient und...

Real-time cross-sectional echocardiographic studies of the main coronary arteries were performed in 20 normal subjects, 12 patients with patent ductus arteriosus and 14 patients with coronary artery fistula in whom the diagnosis was established by angiography. In 12 patients, the coronary artery that formed the fistula was dilated: The right coronary artery was involved in eight and the left co...