Background The incidence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is inversely related to gestational age. Haemodynamically significant PDAs can be managed medically with either Indomethacin or Ibuprofen.

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation is a corrective surgical procedure for children whose ductus arteriosus does not close after birth. The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel joining the ...

She then underwent surgical ligation of PDA. It is standard practice to counsel patients with congenital heart disease about the risk of infective endocarditis and advise them to have regular dental ...

1 Department of Neonatal Medicine, The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK 2 Department of Paediatric Cardiology, The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK 3 Department of ...

All babies who underwent ligation received medical treatment (table 1). All babies had serial echocardiograms pre and post medication. The mean PDA size pre-surgical ligation was 2.8 mm with ...

Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure that blocks or removes your fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. It's a sterilization (making someone unable to have kids) technique ...

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 ... and need for surgical ligation ...

Chronic left ventricular failure developed two months after ligation of an apparently uncomplicated large ductus arteriosus in a one year old ... two years after ligation and was then treated by ...

Valve dysfunction and radiation therapy Survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with radiation therapy warrant an increased "index of suspicion," as they may be at a higher risk of valvular ...

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 ...

The patient underwent tubal ligation plus treatment of endometriosis. This is a KFF Health News story. Jamie Holmes says a surgery center tried to make her pay for two operations after she ...