since it would appear that diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus can be made accurately in a high percentage of cases , and as the surgical treatment of this lesion is highly successful with a low mortality and morbidity rate , operation is advisable for all patients with this lesion except those who are 35 years of age or older and who have no progressive cardiac hypertrophy and no incapacitation due to the fistula .
C0013274
patent ductus arteriosus
C0028128
no