TABLE 2 :

Personal indications for use of echocardiography

Indication	% of respondents
Before closure to exclude the presence of ductal-dependent congenital heart lesions	55
To confirm clinical findings regardless of condition of infant	18
To confirm clinically suspected PDA in symptomatic infants	18
Dysmorphic infants or infants with other congenital anomalies	10
Recurrence of clinical signs after treatment for PDA	10
Infants with a persistent murmur and no symptoms	5
All premature infants with a heart murmur	4
Routinely in infants weighing less than 1500 g	4
Routinely in infants weighing less than 1000 g	2
Failure of infant to wean from ventilator as expected	1
Routine surveillance before discharge from nursery	1

PDA Patent ductus arteriosus