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01-09-2012 | Images in Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Congenital ductus arteriosus aneurysm
Authors:
Masashi Suzue, Kazuhiro Mori, Yasunobu Hayabuchi
Published in:
Journal of Echocardiography
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Issue 3/2012
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Excerpt
Ductus arteriosus aneurysm (DAA) is a rare congenital morphological abnormality that can occur in neonates. However, recent reports suggest that DAA is much more common among fetuses and neonates than previously suspected [
1,
2]. Jan et al. [
3] reported that DAA is a variant of normal anatomy with an incidence of 8.8 %. Although some cases of DAA regress spontaneously, others cause complications, such as compression, thromboembolism, infection, nerve palsy, and spontaneous rupture. …