Ductus Arteriosus
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Alterations of Cardiovascular Function in Children — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 7:51This brings us right back to your scuba diver analogyThe fetal heart has a special bypass vessel called the ductus arteriosus, which lets blood basically skip the fluid -filled lungs entirelyBecause they aren't working yetCardiovascular Conditions in Children — Leifer's Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing in Canada▶ 3:15They're not doing anythingSo you have the foreman oval, which is a hole between the two atria, and the ductus arteriosus, which is a vessel…Little highway bypassesFetal and Neonatal Physiology — Medical Physiology: A Cellular And Molecular Approaoch▶ 20:05And the fourth shuntThe fourth is the ductus arteriosusThis is a vessel connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the aorta, specifically the descending aorta