title: Surgical treatment of persistent ductus arteriosus complicated by bacterial endocarditis.
abstract: A seven-year-old girl with persistent ductus arteriosus developed acute bacterial endocarditis with large vegetations in the ductus and the left pulmonary artery. Conservative management was not successful: repeated embolisation to the lungs necessitated operation during the acute endocarditis. Details of the operative technique are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stejskal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments