“…Immediate reduction in preload and an increase in afterload are associated with effective closure of left‐to‐right shunting PDA and result in decreases in left ventricular size (typically diastolic more than systolic dimensions) and left atrial size, as well as a reduction in left ventricular fractional shortening (FS) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Within 6 months of PDA closure in human patients, left ventricular size continues to decrease and systolic function often improves, although recovery of systolic function can take longer, particularly in patients presenting for PDA closure as adults 3, 9, 10. Additional factors that affect the degree of left ventricular reverse remodeling (normalization of size and systolic function) include low ejection fraction before PDA closure in human patients, the presence of residual ductal flow after PDA closure in human patients and dogs, and acquired heart disease (HD) in dogs 3, 4, 5, 11.…”