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Surgical treatment of persistent ductus arteriosus complicated by bacterial endocarditis
1Cardiothoracic Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK.
Abstract:
A seven-year-old girl with persistent ductus arteriosus developed acute bacterial endocarditis with large vegetations in the ductus and the left pulmonary artery. Conservative management was not successful: repeated embolisation to the lungs necessitated operation during the acute endocarditis. Details of the operative technique are presented and discussed.