Significados de patent ductus arteriosus em inglês

A 22-year-old man with patent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary hypertension was operated upon successfully.

Patients with patent ductus arteriosus resembled the healthy control subjects with regard to anaerobic metabolism during exercise.

Although she is now doing okay, she has been diagnosed with a heart problem called patent ductus arteriosus.

The patient underwent pulmonary artery banding and clipping of patent ductus arteriosus after repair of the diaphragmatic hernia.

Indomethacin is a drug widely used to achieve pharmacologic closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in the premature infant.

Two of 12 patients underwent patent ductus arteriosus stenting to facilitate preparation of left ventricle for transposition with intact septum.

Small for gestational age infants had increased risk of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia regardless of their patent ductus arteriosus status.

Such examples include multiple ventricular septal defects, anomalous pulmonary venous connection, coronary artery malformations, and the hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus.

Aim: To compare the patent ductus arteriosus treatment approach and outcomes in small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age infants.

Background: The current treatment approach in patent ductus arteriosus suggests the identification of high-risk infants that may benefit the most from treatment.

The woman had small patent ductus arteriosus and developed aortic regurgitation, but was treated by antibiotics and corset application with good result.

Associated anomalies included patent ductus arteriosus, septal defects, foot anomalies and developmental disability, the latter with a higher prevalence in deletion carriers.

Recently, stenting the patent ductus arteriosus has emerged as an alternative in selected infants with congenital heart disease and reduced pulmonary blood flow.

Small for gestational age infants are a high-risk population in which the treatment approach to the patent ductus arteriosus and outcomes have not been described.

Methods and results: We reviewed records of consecutive infants undergoing stenting of patent ductus arteriosus between August 2003 and October 2005 at our institution.

Conclusions: Patent ductus arteriosus management did not differ between small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age infants.