Pantent ductus arteriousus

The ductus arteriousus is a vital vascular structure during the gestation in all the fetuses of the mammals. The functional closing of this ductus happens during the first 15 hours after birth ; if it persists permeable after the birth, it produces secondary hemodynamic alterations of variable grade to the overload of volume. The closing of a PDA; can be made in a minimum invasive way with a catheterism, by this mean a closing percutaneous device is placed between the lung artery and the aorta. It is a procedure carried out by a pediatrician cardiologist.