"Ductus Arteriosus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A fetal blood vessel connecting the pulmonary artery with the descending aorta.
| Descriptor ID |
D004373
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.278.395 A16.378.303.395
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ductus Arteriosus" by people in Profiles.
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Absent ductus arteriosus in Tetralogy of Fallot: early outcomes from a matched fetal cohort study. Cardiol Young. 2025 Dec; 35(12):2486-2493.
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Managing Bilateral Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries of Ductal Origin in Single-Ventricle Anatomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 09; 118(3):644-653.
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Maternal low body mass index is a risk factor for fetal ductal constriction following indomethacin use among women undergoing fetal repair of spina bifida. Prenat Diagn. 2020 05; 40(6):669-673.
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Pulmonary artery resuscitation for isolated ductal origin of?a?pulmonary artery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Nov; 148(5):2235-2244.e1.
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Changes in fetal cardiac geometry with gestation: implications for 3- and 4-dimensional fetal echocardiography. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Apr; 26(4):437-43; quiz 444.
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Three- and four-dimensional reconstruction of the aortic and ductal arches using inversion mode: a new rendering algorithm for visualization of fluid-filled anatomical structures. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Nov; 24(6):696-8.
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Transient neonatal tricuspid regurgitation: possible relation with premature closure of the ductus arteriosus. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1984 Sep; 4(3):651.