This study describes the clinical profile and operative results of 24 infants with congenital aortic stenosis at a single center.
May inform local decisions for infant aortic stenosis; leaves open optimal strategies pending larger prospective data.
THE clinical profile and results of operation in children and adults with congenital aortic stenosis have been reported from this department earlier.1 , 3 It is the purpose of this presentation to discuss patients with aortic stenosis first seen at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, in infancy. Since the symptoms and signs of, as well as the prognosis of and operative approach to, these patients is significantly different from that noted in the older age group, it seemed logical to discuss these infants separately.Material and MethodsThe 24 patients forming the basis of this discussion represent all the infants with aortic . . .
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