This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous ... closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...

Readers of this issue of the Journal should be greatly interested in the report by Cayler of spontaneous closure of atrial ... in Case 1 and of a small ductus arteriosus in Case 2 further confuses ...

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 ductus arteriosus usually closes within a few days of birth, in response to ventilation of the lungs. Very premature infants often require pharmacologic or surgical closure of this channel ...

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated that platelet count (PLTc) and function have an important role in promoting spontaneous closure of ... patients had a closed ductus (responders ...