Depending on recipe and cooking method it may be either a flaky potato pie, or a heavy potato pudding.
Ductus arteriosus: A short vessel through which blood headed from the heart via the pulmonary artery to the lungs is shunted before birth. This blood is shunted away from the lungs and returned to the aorta. When the shunt is open, it is said to be patent.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital heart defect wherein the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year of life include increased work of breathing and poor weight gain.n uncorrected PDA may lead to congestive heart failure with increasing age. The ductus arteriosus is a fetal blood vessel that closes soon after birth. In a PDA, the vessel does not close and remains patent (open), resulting in irregular transmission of blood between the aorta and the pulmonary artery.