Percutaneous Treatment of Ascending Aortic Obstruction in a Young Child After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.

We report a case of a 14-month-old child with ascending aortic obstruction (AAO) post cardiac transplantation, who underwent successful percutaneous ascending aortic stent angioplasty. Congenital or acquired AAO is typically treated with surgical augmentation. The experience with percutaneous techniques is limited and often avoided due to challenges with equipment stability and proximity to coronary arteries and aortic valve leaflets.

Corrected to uncorrected? The metabolic conundrum of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors associated with repeat blood testing after establishment of normal metabolic parameters and factors associated with reversal of metabolic correction back an uncorrected form in preoperative management of infants with Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HSP).

Methods: A retrospective review of infants with HSP undergoing repeat serum chemistries after already having normal labs were identified. Variables associated with repeating normal bloodwork and reversion of normal to abnormal labs were identified.