Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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HUGE ANEURYSM OF T H E DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN CHILDHOOD: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery
case report
case report
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is an open communication between the upper
descending thoracic aorta and the proximal left pulmonary artery, which results
from persistence of the fetal ductus arteriosus. It may be isolated or occur with
other congenital cardiac anomalies.
Aneurysms of the ductus arteriosus are rare lesions which may occur as a
spontaneous. infantile fonn or occur in later childhood oradult life. About60cases
of ductus aneurysm have been reported in infants less than two months old, and
only about 40 cases have been reported so far in adults in the world literature. In
this report, a case of huge aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus in a five year old child
associated with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis is presented, the
first case of this kind in the literature, Successful surgical correction was performed.
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MOHAMMAD HASAN
KALANTAR MOTAMEDI
20031947532846005252
20031947532846005252
Yes
From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery Shahid Rajai Heart Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran.
KAMAL
RAISSI
20031947532846005253
20031947532846005253
No
From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery Shahid Rajai Heart Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran.
SM
MERAJI
20031947532846005254
20031947532846005254
No
From the Departments of•Pediatric Cardiology, Shahid Rajai Heart Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran