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  2. Patent ductus arteriosus - Wikipedia

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    Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a medical condition in which the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth: this allows a portion of oxygenated blood from the left heart to flow back to the lungs from the aorta, which has a higher blood pressure, to the pulmonary artery, which has a lower blood pressure.

  3. Anomalous pulmonary venous connection - Wikipedia

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    The operation is performed under general anesthesia. The four pulmonary veins are reconnected to the left atrium, and any associated heart defects such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent foramen ovale, and/or patent ductus arteriosus are surgically closed. With obstruction, surgery should be undertaken urgently.

  4. Ductus arteriosus - Wikipedia

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    The ductus arteriosus, also called the ductus Botalli, named after the Italian physiologist Leonardo Botallo, is a blood vessel in the developing fetus connecting the trunk of the pulmonary artery to the proximal descending aorta. It allows most of the blood from the right ventricle to bypass the fetus's fluid-filled non-functioning lungs.

  5. Wikipedia : Osmosis/Patent ductus arteriosus

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    If that ductus arteriosus doesn’t close off, then the baby is left with a patent ductus arteriosus, and this condition accounts for about 10% of all congenital heart defects, of which the vast majority, about 90%, are isolated heart defects, meaning there aren’t any additional congenital defects.

  6. Ligamentum arteriosum - Wikipedia

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    If the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth, a condition known as patent ductus arteriosus can develop. This is a fairly common birth defect. This is a fairly common birth defect. Sufferers may have operations that leave them with no ligamentum arteriosum.

  7. Hypoplastic right heart syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Notably, patent ductus arteriosus and patent foramen ovale, normally dangerous defects, are necessary for a newborn with HRHS to survive. If either formation does close, the child will go into shock, signs of which can include cool or clammy skin, a weak or rapid pulse, and dilated pupils.

  8. Heart-hand syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Heart-hand syndromes are a group of rare diseases that manifest with both heart and limb deformities. [1] [2] [3] [4]As of July 2013, known heart-hand syndromes include Holt–Oram syndrome, Berk–Tabatznik syndrome, brachydactyly-long thumb syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus-bicuspid aortic valve syndrome, heart hand syndrome, Slovenian type and Heart-hand syndrome, Spanish type.

  9. Tricuspid atresia - Wikipedia

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    PGE1 to maintain patent ductus arteriosus. [7] First operation: modified Blalock-Taussig shunt to maintain pulmonary blood flow by placing a Gore-Tex conduit between the subclavian artery and the pulmonary artery. See also Norwood procedure. Where too much flow to the lungs is present, a pulmonary band may be placed in a first operation.

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