Nonsurgical treatment of patent arterial duct in term neonates with congenital heart disease: the role of intravenous indomethacin.

摘要

We present two term neonates in which intravenous indomethacin usage was associated with successful closure of a persistently patent arterial duct. Both children had congenital heart disease with high pulmonary blood flow following surgical placement of contralateral systemic-pulmonary artery shunts.