Atypical Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- 1 March 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 19 (3), 332-337
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.19.3.332
Abstract
Approximately 95 per cent of patients with patent ductus have characteristic machinery murmurs. Five per cent have only systolic murmurs. In such patients, the intravenous or intramuscular administration of a pressor substance, mephentermine, may bring out a continuous murmur. This simple test is a useful adjunct in diagnosis.Keywords
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