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(PDA) abnormal persistence of an open lumen in the ductus arteriosus after birth, the direction of flow being from the aorta to the pulmonary artery, resulting in recirculation of arterial blood through the lungs.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Patent ductus arteriosus — Classification and external resources Heart cross section with PDA ICD 10 Q … Wikipedia
patent ductus arteriosus — ▪ pathology congenital heart defect characterized by the persistence of the ductus arteriosus, a channel that shunts blood between the pulmonary artery and the aorta. Normally, after birth the pulmonary artery carries blood depleted of… … Universalium
patent ductus arteriosus — see ductus arteriosus … Medical dictionary
patent ductus arteriosus — see ductus arteriosus … The new mediacal dictionary
patent ductus arteriosus — noun a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction • Hypernyms: ↑ductus arteriosus … Useful english dictionary
Ductus arteriosus — Artery: Ductus arteriosus Plan of the fetal circulation. ( Ductus arteriosus visible at upper right.) … Wikipedia
Ductus arteriosus — A key arterial shunt (ductus) in fetal life. Before birth, blood pumped from the heart through the pulmonary artery toward the lungs is shunted into the aorta. This arterial shunt is a short vessel called the ductus arteriosus. When the shunt is… … Medical dictionary
Ductus arteriosus — Herz eines Hundes, Nr. 6 zum Ligamentum arteriosum zurückgebildeter Ductus arteriosus Der Ductus arteriosus (auch Ductus arteriosus Botalli oder Ductus Botalli genannt), stellt im fetalen (vorgeburtlichen) Blutkreislauf eine Verbindung zwischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ductus arteriosus Botalli — Herz eines Hundes, Nr. 6 zum Ligamentum arteriosum zurückgebildeter Ductus arteriosus Der Ductus arteriosus (auch Ductus arteriosus Botalli oder Ductus Botalli genannt, nach Leonardo Botallo) stellt im fetalen (vorgeburtlichen) Blutkreislauf eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
ductus arteriosus — Channel between the pulmonary artery and the aorta in the fetus, which bypasses the lungs to distribute oxygen received through the placenta from the mother s blood. It normally closes once the baby is born and the lungs inflate, separating the… … Universalium
