Best Patent Ductus Arteriosus treatment?

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My 8 month old daughter is diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus. Doctors believe it needs to be closed by catathonic procedure when she is around 12 months old. The other option is surgical operation. My questions:
arent there any other ways to treat it ? eg by medicine (what are the risks?)
where in the world they have the most experience with this and make the best operations/procedures on infants?
" Infants without adverse symptoms may simply be monitored as outpatients, while symptomatic PDA can be treated with both surgical and non-surgical methods.
[1] Surgically, the DA may be closed by ligation, wherein the DA is manually tied shut, or with intravascular coils or plugs that leads to formation of a thrombus in the DA. Fluid restriction and prostaglandin inhibitors such as indomethacin have also been used in successful non-surgical closure of the DA. This is an especially viable alternative for premature infants.

In certain cases it may be beneficial to the newborn to prevent closure of the ductus arteriosus. For example, in transposition of the great vessels a PDA may prolong the child's life until surgical correction is possible. The ductus arteriosus can be induced to remain open by administering prostaglandin analogs. "

Don't worry too much. PDA is rather frequent. I think the US / world best hospital is Johns Hopkins.

Pray.  (+ info)

Anyone had a child with patent ductus arteriosus or bicuspid aortic valve?

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I am just wondering what happened with them. I just found out my four year old has these heart problems. She has to have a heart cath on the 18th of Sept.
My daughter has a heart defect, but it doesn't involve either of those problems. I have known of several children with one or the other or both of these and they are all doing quite well.

This site has collected stories of children with heart defects and they are organized by type: http://tchin.org/portraits/by_diagnosis.htm

My daughter has had one cath and we are scheduled for another Aug. 23. If you want to know what to expect I can describe our cath experience, just let me know.

Sorry I can't give you any more information specific to your daughter's problems but I hope this helps some!  (+ info)

I found a relationship between closure of the ductus arteriosus and thermogenesis. Who can explain that?

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Analyzing postmortem results of lambs. I found that the closure of the ductus was fastened and more agressive in lambs that died of cold stress when compared with lambs that died from inflammations, shortly after birth
I don't know but thats 4 the 2points..

BB  (+ info)

common treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in a 2 yr old child?

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this crazy internet is getting me nowhere, i'd love if any doctors could give me some additional info, or at least some questions that i can ask the pediatric cardiologist...thanks for any advice
Well provided that the child does not have any other sort of congenital defects such as aortic coarctation or transposition of the great vessels, surgical ligation of the PDA would be the appropriate treatment.  (+ info)

Formen ovale,Ductus arteriosus,Ductus venosus: what will these shunts become in a newborn?

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i need to know for a test and i cant find it in my book, please no stupid comments
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PDA- Patent Ductus Arteriosus surgery for infant. Is that an easy going surgery?

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Hello, my son is 6 month old and has PDA. We've already scheduled the surgery in February. I just want to get advice and comments from parents whose infant had the same surgery PDA ligation and would like to get information about the recovery process, does it take long time? how does infant feel after the surgery?
Thank You
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation
* Before birth, there is a natural blood vessel between the aorta (the main artery to the body) and the pulmonary artery (the main artery to the lungs) called the ductus arteriosus. This opening usually closes shortly after birth. A PDA occurs when this opening fails to close.
* Sometimes a simple surgery can be done. In this procedure, the surgeon inserts a few small tubes into an artery in the leg and passes them up to the heart. Then, a small metal coil or another device is put into the child’s arteriosus artery. The coil or other device blocks the blood flow, and this corrects the problem.
* Another method is to make a small cut, or incision, on the left side of the chest. The surgeon reaches in and ties off the ductus arteriosus, or divides and cuts it. Tying off the ductus arteriosus is called ligation.  (+ info)

patent ductus arteriosus?

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my 2yr old has just been diagnoised with patent ductus arteriosus.we r awaiting for a op.anyone know how serious it is and been through it.please help
Failure of a child's DA (ductus arteriosus) to close after birth results in a condition called patent ductus arteriosus and the generation of a left-to-right shunt. If left uncorrected, patency leads to pulmonary hypertension and possibly congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. I have not been through it personally, but I see lots of these a year and generally the surgeries go very well and recover to a normal life, with some exceptions.  (+ info)

If the ductus arteriosus doesn't fully close after birth, what'll happen?

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Generally the child will have a heart murmur.......My ped caught my daughter's at her 2 month check up.....we went for an echocardiogram to see how severe it was......She had bad circulation and tended to wear out quite easily....sometimes her legs would turn purple if she was laying the wrong way......After the echo it was determined that if it hadn't closed by 9 months of age that they would close it surgically......at her 6 month checkup the murmur was still there but not as prominant.......at 9 month check up it was gone completely.

Surgically, they just go in and tie it off........It they catch it soon enough at birth, there is a medication that they can give to help close it off.  (+ info)

any one who know kids with PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus).?

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my son has a smal patent ductus arteriousus. i am so worry even though doctor said its going to be ok.
A patent ductus arteriosus is a small vessel connecting the aorta to the pulmonary artery. Usually shortly after birth it closes but in a small percentage of kids it stays open. If it is very small the doctor is right, it is of no significance and your kid could become an olympic athlete someday. If it is big it is easy to close without surgery in the heart catheterization lab. When a PDA is big there is generally left sided heart enlargement and that is usually the primary indication that it should be closed. When it is closed the heart size returns to normal size rather quickly. If there is no heart enlargement the doctor may recommend follow up from time to time to check up on it and make sure things aren't changing as the child grows. A PDA is not one of those disorders that can cause sudden death, so relax. I have seen many kids with small PDAs and they are fine.  (+ info)

patent ductus arteriosus question.?

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I had patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) surgery when I was 7. Today, I'm a 20 yr. old female who has been experiencing a lot of breathing problems when walking up and down steps and also when running (which I can't do long and haven't been able to since the heart surgery). My heart starts jumping out of my chest, I can't catch my breath, and it's usually followed by sharp chest/heart pain on the left side.

Has anyone with PDA problems had this problem? Or does anyone know what to do about it?

I am supposed to get a stress test, but I've been putting it off because I am hesitant to hear the results.

Any suggestions or thoughts would be GREAT!
Thank you!
you shud go see your cardiologist if you think there is a problem when was the last time you saw the hart doc? my son was fixed at 9 month  (+ info)

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