Main outcome measures: Fetal renal function and ductus arteriosus blood flow changes.

Background: Surgical closure of ductus arteriosus is commonly indicated in premature newborns.

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

Precise delineation of the size and shape of the ductus arteriosus may help in catheter closure.

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.

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

Our results suggest that dopamine decreases left-to-right shunting across ductus arteriosus, caused by a rise in pulmonary vascular resistances.

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.

There were also hearts in which the interventricular septum was deficient, the ductus arteriosus patent, or some valvular malformation present.

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.