References: Backes CH, Hill KD, Shelton EL, et al. Patent ductus arteriosus: a contemporary perspective for the pediatric and adult cardiac care provider. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022;11(17):e025784 ...

The perceived risk for CLD, ROP, and NDI has made neonatologists wary of ligation, Dr. Weisz said. "In Toronto, for example, we have gone from performing over 80 PDA ligations per year in 2006 ...

Patent ductus arteriosus remains a frequent problem in premature infants with the respiratory distress syndrome. 1–3 In a large network of neonatal intensive care units, the frequency of patent ...

For decades, conventional management for hemodynamically significant PDA in preterm infants has been using prostaglandin inhibitors to attempt closure. If that fails, surgical ligation is usually ...

Active treatment of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants within the first 2 weeks of life was associated with worse outcomes than expectant management, a ...