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 ...

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 ...