Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm/dissection with patent ductus arteriosus: genetic arguments for a particular pathophysiological entity

Patent ductus arteriosus in a lamb: A case report

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent patency of a vessel normally present in the fetus that connects the pulmonary arterial system to the aorta. The ductus arteriosus fails to close at birth when breathing commences and placental blood circulation is removed. Closure of the ductus arteriosus arises in response to decline pulmonary vascular resistance and increased systemic vascular re...

Intravenous Paracetamol and Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure

Background: Standard medical treatments for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure are, including indomethacin/ibuprofen and surgical ligation. Nowadays, a new strategy to close PDA is the use of paracetamol. The present study aimed to describe the use of intravenous (IV) paracetamol for PDA closure in neonates who present a contraindication to ibuprofen or ibuprofen failure with no possibility...

Familial thrombocytopenia associated with ovarian agenesis, umbilical hernia, bicuspid aortic valve, patent ductus arteriosus and epilepsia.

Patent ductus arteriosus with an abnormal aortic valve.

In July, 1833, Dr. R. L. Nixon of Dublin was consulted by Dr. B., an English " medical gentleman," aged 27. " He was labouring under dyspepsia of rather an aggravated form, the result as he supposed of some alteration he had made during the preceding month in his usually very temperate habits." The aorta exhibited a " bruit de soufflet " through its whole course and beneath the anterior border ...

Aortic dissection extending through a patent ductus arteriosus device.

Figure 1: A 71-year old woman was investigated with a CT scan in 2007, which revealed a previous David’s procedure, a dilated arch and descending aorta, without dissection, and a PDA (A). She was then treated with a percutaneous PDA correction. Four years later, she was referred to our institution with acute dyspnoea and chest pain, along with a CT scan showing a type A aortic dissection, which...