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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent

"Ductus Arteriosus, Patent" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A congenital heart defect characterized by the persistent opening of fetal DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS that connects the PULMONARY ARTERY to the descending aorta (AORTA, DESCENDING) allowing unoxygenated blood to bypass the lung and flow to the PLACENTA. Normally, the ductus is closed shortly after birth.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ductus Arteriosus, Patent" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Ductus Arteriosus, Patent" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 105 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2018
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.