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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 7/2018

01-07-2018 | Scientific Letter

Clinical Outcome at One Year of Age Following Device Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in Small Babies

Authors: Vikranth Bapu Anna Venugopalan, Neil Wilson, Nick Archer, Satish Adwani

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 7/2018

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To the Editor: Patent ductus arteriosus is a common condition in preterm neonates. Management of babies with hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus after unsuccessful medical treatment in small preterm infants has previously been by surgical ligation. Since the first experience of the transcatheter occlusion of Patent ductus arteriosus by Porstmann et al. in 1967 [1], technical improvements over the years have increased the success rates even in infants [2‐5]. …
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Metadata
Title
Clinical Outcome at One Year of Age Following Device Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in Small Babies
Authors
Vikranth Bapu Anna Venugopalan
Neil Wilson
Nick Archer
Satish Adwani
Publication date
01-07-2018
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-018-2634-z

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