Sustained Focal Vascular Inflammation Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Remote Arteries.

Objective: Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies has demonstrated that myocardial infarction promotes atherosclerosis progression. The impact of focal vascular inflammation on the progression and phenotype of remote atherosclerosis remains unknown. Approach and Results: We used a novel knockout mouse model of sustained arterial inflammation, initiated by mechanical injury in the abdominal aorta.

Postoperative management following supraglottoplasty for severe laryngomalacia.

Objectives/hypothesis: To retrospectively analyze the postoperative management and care needs of patients undergoing spontaneous ventilation supraglottoplasty (SVS).

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: Charts of children undergoing (SVS) for severe laryngomalacia from 2007 to 2011 at a single institution were reviewed.