%0 Journal Article
%T Developmental And Functional Correlation Of A Persistent Non-Patent Ligamentum Arteriosum In Adult Human Heart
%A Daksha Dixit*
%A Suma Dnyanesh
%A Mina Parshottambhai Patel
%A Dnyanesh D. K
%J Biomirror
%D 2012
%I 
%X Ductus arteriosus provides communication between the systemic andpulmonary circulations during the intra-uterine life and soon after birth it undergoes fibrosis to form the ligamentum arteriosum. A persistent patent ductus anteriosus will cause left to right shunt while a persistent non-patent ligamentum arteriosum can go unnoticed till adult life and give rise to a number of clinical manifestations like aneurysm, calcification, diverticuli, etc. We studied 85 heart specimens taken from adult cadavers for the presence of ligamentum arteriosum and found a non-patent ligamentum arteriosum in 8 specimens. We subjected these 8 specimens to morphological, histological and radiological studies and then correlated their clinical manifestations and complications with their developmental aspects.
%K Aneurysm
%K Calcification
%K Ductus Arteriosus
%K Ligamentum Arteriosum.
%U http://www.bmjournal.in/admin/photo/1362040071January%202012.pdf