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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ductus Arteriosus, Patent
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ductus Arteriosus, Patent
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ductus Arteriosus, Patent

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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent  

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  • Patency of the Ductus Arteriosus
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Scope note

  • A congenital heart defect characterized by the persistent opening of fetal DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS that connects the PULMONARY ARTERY to the descending aorta (AORTA, DESCENDING) allowing unoxygenated blood to bypass the lung and flow to the PLACENTA. Normally, the ductus is closed shortly after birth.

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  • 65(64)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004374

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