en جراحی قلب Heart Surgery گزارش مورد Case Report <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;">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.</li> </ul> Adults, Cardiac Surgery, Patent Ductus Arteriosus 112 114 http://jsurgery.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-224-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahmood Hosseinzadeh Maleki Mahmoodhosseinzadeh@yahoo.com 10031947532846006112 10031947532846006112 No Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Aref Akhavan arefakhavan@yahoo.com 10031947532846006113 10031947532846006113 No Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Amir Rahmanian Sharifabad rahmanian_amir@yahoo.com 10031947532846006114 10031947532846006114 Yes Department of Emergency Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Robbeh Baghdar baghdarr1@mums.ac.ir 10031947532846006115 10031947532846006115 No Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Zahra Naseri Naserifarz1@mums.ac.ir 10031947532846006116 10031947532846006116 No Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran