All of the following about PDA are true except
Incidence of PDA is more in females (1:3 ratio) PDA is Most common cardiac lesion in rubellla,others are pulmonary stenosis Treatment of PDA is ligation & division especially in term babies PDA is more common among preterm babies Ref : Ghai essential of pediatrics, 8th edition, p.no:417-19
More common in males
Common hea lesion in rubella
Treatment is closure of defect by ligation and division of ductus
Hypoxia and immuturity are impoant in maintaining the patency
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