Open AccessSurgical Treatment of Coarctation of the Aorta in a Ten Week Old Infant: Report of a Case
Author(s) -
John W. Kirklin,
Howard B. Burchell,
David G. Pugh,
Edmund C. Burke,
Stephen D. Mills
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.6.3.411
Subject(s) - medicine , coarctation of the aorta , surgery , aorta , pediatrics
Although most patients with coarctation of the aorta survive to early adult life, it has been adequately demonstrated that some patients die in infancy and early childhood as a result of their coarctation. In selected cases, then, operation is advisable at a very early age. Cardiac failure in a 10 week old infant necessitated operation at this age in the case reported.
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