CHAPTER 7 Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Diagnosis
A chest X-ray has been found to add very little to the other clinical signs in the diagnosis of PDA. In high-risk babies, most but certainly not all systolic murmurs will indicate the presence of a duct. Remember also that some babies (including preterm ones) will have a duct-dependent cardiac lesion.
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