Patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates
The review deals with one of the topical problems of modern neonatology - pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of the hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus. Involvement of the ductus arteriosus functioning in the formation of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis, CNS pathologies, retinopathy of the premature neonate is described, comparative characteristics of various therapeutic strategies are presented.