patent ductus arteriosus
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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 … The new mediacal dictionary
patent ductus arteriosus — pa·tent ductus arteriosus pāt ənt n an abnormal condition in which the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth * * * (PDA) abnormal persistence of an open lumen in the ductus arteriosus after birth, the direction of flow being from the aorta … Medical 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
