ductus
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Two-year-old Gulbadan was born with a heart defect, a condition called patent ductus arteriosus.
From BBC • May 2, 2023
The ductus arteriosus is a temporary vessel, connecting the aorta to the pulmonary trunk.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The increased oxygen concentration also constricts the ductus arteriosus, ensuring that these shunts no longer prevent blood from reaching the lungs to be oxygenated.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Failure of the ductus arteriosus to close results in blood flowing from the higher pressure aorta into the lower pressure pulmonary trunk.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The only communications between the two circulations, were the foramen ovale, the ductus arteriosus, and, in the opinion of M. Tiedemann, the inosculations between the branches of the pulmonary and bronchial arteries.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
