Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with surgical ligation, transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in infants and neonates ...

The minimally invasive procedure involves placing a small catheter through a vein to deliver a tiny device that seals the PDA from within. The newly appointed chief of cardiovascular medicine and ...

“This position statement represents a collective effort between neonatology, anesthesia, and interventional cardiology to provide comprehensive guidance on tcPDA device occlusion that can be adapted ...

In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first PDA occlusion device for infants as small as 700 grams, leading to rapid adoption of tcPDA in premature infants. Catheter-based ...

When Candace Rice went into labor around Christmas, she was 24 weeks into her pregnancy. Shortly after she gave birth, her son, Maxwell, was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Le Bonheur ...