A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery resulting in left to right shunting. This connection is supposed to close shortly after birth ...

The ductus arteriosus usually closes within a few days of birth, in response to ventilation of the lungs. Very premature infants often require pharmacologic or surgical closure of this channel ...

Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam, who performed the procedure. He added that the reported PDA stenting cases in the literature were usually carried out ...