Patent ductus arteriosus in infants and children: A review of 936 operations (1946-69)
- 1 March 1971
- Vol. 26 (2) , 137-144
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.26.2.137
Abstract
Nine hundred and thirty-six consecutive cases of closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in infants and children are reported. Among 789 without any other cardiac anomalies there were 11 deaths, seven of these with severe congenital anomalies other than cardiovascular. There was one incomplete closure. The deaths in this series were mostly associated with additional congenital cardiac anomalies. Forty-eight of the 59 who died had additional cardiac anomalies. Forty-seven of the deaths were in infants. For 691 patients over the age of 1 year the hospital mortality rate was less than 0·5%.Keywords
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