The blood vessel connecting the aorta with the pulmonary artery before birth. The full name is ‘Ductus Arteriosus’. It usually closes within the early days or weeks after birth. If it remains open after this time it is called a Patent (or Persistent) Ductus Arteriosus (PDA).
A condition in which the layers of an artery separate or are torn, causing blood to flow between the layers. Dissecting aneurysms usually happen in the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood from the heart to other parts of the body and can cause sudden death
A technology that uses sound waves to assess blood flow within the heart and blood vessels and to identify leaking valves