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1. The chest cavity is entered between the fourth and fifth rib ( fourth intercostal space ) ( as in the operation for patent ductus arteriosus or coarctation ).
2. ,known heart-hand syndromes include Holt Oram syndrome, Berk Tabatznik syndrome, heart-hand syndrome type 3, brachydactyly-long thumb syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus-bicuspid aortic valve syndrome and heart hand syndrome, Slovenian type.
3. If the fetus survives the infection, it can be born with severe heart disorders ( patent ductus arteriosus being the most common ), blindness, deafness, or other life-threatening organ disorders.
4. Around a 5 % increase in the incidence of ventricular septal defects, atrial septal defects, and patent ductus arteriosus in offspring has been found to be correlated with advanced paternal age.
5. That is, the pulmonary arteries are disconnected from their existing blood supply ( e . g . a shunt created during a Norwood procedure, a patent ductus arteriosus, etc . ).
6. Conversely, in cases of patent ductus arteriosus, where the ductus does not properly close, drugs that inhibit prostaglandin synthesis can be used to encourage its closure, so that surgery can be avoided.
7. A year later they pioneered the method of retrograde injection of dye ( Perabrodil ) into the aorta which was mainly used to diagnose patent ductus arteriosus ( Castellanos and Pereira, 1938 ).
8. Surgery in great vessels ( aortic coarctation repair, Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt creation, closure of patent ductus arteriosus ) became common after the turn of the century and is cardiac surgery, but not open heart surgery.
9. They have closed atrial septal defects, openings in the wall between the heart's upper chambers, and patent ductus arteriosus, a prenatal connection between the pulmonary artery and aorta that sometimes fails to close after birth.
10. Surgery in great vessels ( aortic coarctation repair, Blalock-Taussig shunt creation, closure of patent ductus arteriosus ) became common after the turn of the century and falls in the domain of cardiac surgery, but technically cannot be considered heart surgery.