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Patent ductus arteriosus and an atrial septal defect. is it unusual to have both of these?

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Dr. Matthew Cooper answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

It depends: Both of these are abnormal communications between the left and right sides of the heart. During fetal development, the patent ductus has a definite role that is no longer needed after we begin to breath air. In some type of congenital heart disease, the atria septal defect is necessary for mixing. In a normal heart it is not.

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Answered 8/24/2013

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