Data from 204 children and infants who underwent aortic balloon valvuloplasty between 1982
and 1986, reported to the Valvuloplasty and Angioplasty of Congenital Anomalies Registry…

Sixty-two chick embryo hearts were studied at incremental stages of development (Hamburger-Hamilton
stages 16 to 39) by scanning electron microscopy following 3% glutaraldehyde …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is closely associated with congenital heart diseases. In major
series done over several decades up to the early 1970s 2,6 and in a recent review 8 both the …

A14 month old boy with suprasystemic right ventricular pressure secondary to pulmonary
valvular stenosis and anular size of 10 mm underwent percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty with …

OBJECTIVE. Chest pain in children and adolescents is a frequent cause for office or emergency
department visits. However, it is unclear whether myocardial infarction occurs in children …

We attempted balloon angioplasty in 9 children (ages 0.1 to 10 years) with congenital mitral
stenosis. All were symptomatic with severe congestive heart failure and failure to thrive. …

Previous studies have reported lower intelligence for cyanotic than for acyanotic children
with congenital heart disorders, a finding attributed to the degree of hypoxemia present. …

The nature and incidence of postoperative mural thrombosis of the septal and/or posterior
walls of the left atrium were studied in autopsy specimens of hearts from patients in whom the …

A nine-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia and normally related great vessels underwent
a Fontan procedure, in which a porcine valved Dacron conduit was interposed between the …

Two cases are presented of persistent common atrioventricular (AV) canal with interventricular
communication in which associated membranous subaortic stenosis became apparent …