Possible causes include anxiety, fever, exercise, and an overactive thyroid gland. Though most causes of a bounding pulse are ...

Cite this: Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants - Medscape - Aug 01, 2003. The DA of a very preterm infant has minimal constriction ...

CHDs are the most common type of congenital condition, seen in about 1% of all newborns in the United States. CHDs range in severity; some mild CHDs resolve on their own, but complicated ...

Background and aims: The aim is to evaluate and compare the efficacy and side effects of oral and intravenous(IV) ibuprofen for treatment of PDA in preterm infants. Methods: A prospective ...

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated that platelet count (PLTc) and function have an important role in promoting spontaneous closure of the PDA in animal models. Aimto evaluate whether ...

In Roslyn, St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and Gift of Life continued its 50-year partnership to provide life-changing ...

A team led by cardiologist Srinivas L. diagnosed that the patients were suffering from Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PAM) and required closure surgeries. Dr. Srinivas and paediatric cardiologists closed ...

For extremely preterm infants, the risk for death or moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia is not significantly lower among those receiving early treatment for patent ductus arteriosus ...

Otis the cocker spaniel was just 12 weeks old when he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called patent ductus arteriosus. The ductus arteriosus vessel usually closes after birth but sometimes ...

Inc. (AGFI), successfully performed transcatheter Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) device closure on two young patients from Pasig City’s Child’s Hope Hospital. PDA is a congenital heart ...

Visakhapatnam: In Andhra Pradesh, every 1 out of 100 infants born is suffering from cardiac-related diseases and the state has a total of 1,00,000 children with these diseases, according to the ...

This article presents common misconceptions about the physiologic significance of early ductal shunting and reviews the evidence regarding the preferential use of echocardiography rather than ...