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What are the radiologic changes following surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus?
What are the radiologic changes following surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus?
The study describes the serial radiologic changes in heart size and pulmonary vessels following surgical correction of patent ductus arteriosus.
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Case-level description of post-PDA radiologic changes offers descriptive context; leaves open quantitative benchmarks and prospective validation in congenital cohorts.
The preoperative and postoperative radiologic findings in 71 patients with patent ductus arteriosus treated surgically were investigated. The purpose of the study was to determine the magnitude, character, and rapidity of the changes observed, as well as the relationship of the postoperative change to complicating cardiovascular lesions. Serial examinations were compared with the preoperative studies and with each other, including an analysis of over-all heart size, individual chamber size, the pulmonary vessels, and the aortic silhouette. The results were tabulated and their significance was evaluated.
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