OBJECTIVES To determine the case incidence of ductus arterious aneurysm among our neonates, and to report on our experience in the presentation, echocardiographic features, management and outcome of this condition. METHODS Retrospective review of cases diagnosed within a 1-year period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999. RESULTS Eight cases of neonatal ductus arteriosus aneurysm (DAA) were dia...

IFE expectancy and the degree of invalidism have been considered a function of the type of cardiac malformation in patients with congenital heart disease. When the abnormality involves a large communication between the ventricles or great vessels, however, the pulmonary vascular bed plays an important role in governing prognosis. The following group of congenital malformations are involved in t...

An infant with type 3c truncus arteriosus of Collett and Edwards is reported. In this anomaly, the left pulmonary artery arisesfrom the left lateral wall of the truncus and the right pulmonary artery originatesfrom a rght-sided ductus arteriosus. Only two reports of this malformation have been described previously. Precise anatomical diagnosis is ofimportance since some of these patients may ha...

Interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital malformation of the aortic arch defined as a loss of luminal continuity between the ascending and descending portions of the aorta. In a simple interrupted aortic arch, only a ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus are observed. We present a rare complex form of type A interrupted aorta with an aortopulmonary window, an atrial septal ...

The histology of the ductus arteriosus was studied after prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) administration in 4 infants with ductus dependent cardiac malformations. Pronounced pathological changes were found in each instance. The changes consisted of oedema of the media with separation of medial components by clear spaces, pathological interruptions of the internal elastic lamina, and intimal lacerations,...