{"id":7781,"date":"2019-05-22T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/ductus_botalli_-or_ductus_arteriosus\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:00:35","slug":"ductus_botalli_-or_ductus_arteriosus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/ductus_botalli_-or_ductus_arteriosus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ductus Botalli (or ductus arteriosus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fetal circulation. &nbsp;It directly connects the left pulmonary artery to the aorta, thereby bypassing circulation of the non-ventilated lungs and resulting in re-circulation of arterial blood through the lungs (see figure below). &nbsp;If it persists after delivery in live births of 2500 grams or more, then surgery may be required to close the lumen (inner channel or connecting blood vessel) in the ductus ateriosus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; \">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image018.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"\">Normal postnatal circulation and fetal circulation with ductusarteriosus. AO: aorta, PA: pulmonary artery, LA: left atrium,RA: Right atrium, LV: left ventricle, RV: right ventricle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"\">&nbsp;See Gestational age, Preterm infant&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fetal circulation. &nbsp;It directly connects the left pulmonary artery to the aorta, thereby bypassing circulation of the non-ventilated lungs and resulting in re-circulation of arterial blood through the lungs (see figure below). &nbsp;If it persists after delivery in live births of 2500 grams or more, then surgery may be required to close &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/ductus_botalli_-or_ductus_arteriosus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ductus Botalli (or ductus arteriosus)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}