Morphological evaluation for the narrowest section of the patent ductus arteriosus in infants by CT: a crucial point for device closure.

Yosuke Fukushima Naomi NakagawaMasahiro KamadaKengo OkamotoHitoshi UemasuKoichi Kataoka

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2024)

Most patent ductus arteriosus cases have a horizontally oriented elliptical shape in this study. This characteristic showed high reproducibility and is important information that angiography cannot evaluate.

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