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Use suprasternal, high parasternal, and parasternal short axis views for direct visualization of PDA, and evaluation of blood flow through it. Pay attention to echocardiographic features of significant left to right shunt, left chambers enlargement.
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Alizadehasl, A., Moradian, M. (2021). Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). In: Moradian, M., Alizadehasl, A. (eds) Atlas of Echocardiography in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62341-1_4
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