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Patent Ductus Arteriosus
In utero, the ductus arteriosus provides a connection between the pulmonary artery and descending aorta through which deoxygenated blood returning to the right heart is diverted to the placenta for reoxygenation. Although essential to normal fetal physiology, it normally constricts,…