Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is usually discovered early in life. Sometimes, a very small PDA may go unnoticed. They may be discovered during a routine doctor’s examination. An infant or an adult ...

My veterinarian says my new puppy has a heart murmur called a PDA. Is this serious? What is the prognosis and how is it treated? PDA stands for patent ductus arteriosus. This occurs where a fetal ...

SHOULD closure of a patent ductus arteriosus with reversal of flow be attempted? If so, how can the high surgical mortality hitherto reported 1–3 be reduced? An attempt is made to answer these ...

WE have recently seen 4 women with patent ductus arteriosus who had been treated for many years for aortic regurgitation because of enlargement of the left ventricle, a diastolic murmur along the left ...

A heart murmur is a sound made by turbulent blood flow within the heart. Your doctor hears this sound with a stethoscope. A murmur can occur in a normal heart. Or it may indicate some problem within ...

Patent Ductus arteriosus is the second commonest congenital birth defect of the heart and can cause heart failure; however majority of these defect close spontaneously after birth. Patent Ductus ...

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital cardiac defect that occurs when the ductus arteriosus fails to close. The result is a persistent communication between the aorta and pulmonary artery, ...

Patent ductus arteriosus refers to a heart problem that affects babies soon after they are born. In this medical condition, there is an abnormal flow of blood between the two of the major arteries ...

In full-term infants, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) usually is first suspected when the baby's doctor hears a heart murmur during a regular checkup. A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard ...