The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder (Abbott), the first medical device to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature babies weighing as little ...

It might be best to do nothing at all to treat a common heart defect among premature newborns Twice as many preemies treated with drugs for patent ductus arteriosus died compared to those placed under ...

The first baby in Scotland to receive a pioneering new heart procedure has been able to go home after being born “extremely prematurely”. Aribella Duncan was born at Aberdeen ...

Aribella Duncan was born at just 23 weeks and one day old, weighing a tiny 500 grams. She is now home after becoming Scotland’s first baby to undergo a minimally invasive heart procedure.

Twice as many preemies treated with drugs for patent ductus arteriosus died compared to those placed under observation Side effects of drug treatments might have unintended consequences for preemies, ...