TY - JOUR JF - surgery JO - J Surg Trauma VL - 8 IS - 3 PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/12/01 TI - Incidental detection of patent ductus arteriosus during cardiac surgery in adult patients: A case series TT - N2 - Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is an inborn heart defect in which the ductus arteriosus (i.e., a vascular structure between the pulmonary artery and aorta that usually closes shortly after birth) remains open. Because most patients with PDA are diagnosed and treated when they are infants, this is a relatively rare congenital heart defect among adults. Herein, we present the cases of PDA in adults, which were detected during cardiac surgery. SP - 112 EP - 114 AU - Hosseinzadeh Maleki, Mahmood AU - Akhavan, Aref AU - Rahmanian Sharifabad, Amir AU - Baghdar, Robbeh AU - Naseri, Zahra AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran KW - Adults KW - Cardiac Surgery KW - Patent Ductus Arteriosus UR - http://jsurgery.bums.ac.ir/article-1-225-en.html DO - 10.32592/jsurgery.2020.8.3.106 ER -