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Left ventricular dysfunction after closure of large patent ductus arteriosus
M Omar Galal1, Mohamed Amin, Arif Hussein
1Cardiovascular Department, MBC J 16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P.O. Box 40047, Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia. ogalal@yahoo.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|March 29, 2005
Abstract:
Changes in left ventricular dimensions and performance were studied in 43 patients after transcatheter occlusion or surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus. The patients were assigned to 2 groups based on their ductal diameter: >/= 3.1 mm to group A (n = 27) and