title: Successful congenital heart surgery for a toddler with idiopathic infantile arterial calcification.
abstract: We present the first case report of successful cardiac surgery in a child with idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC), a disease that is generally lethal within the first 6 months of life. This 27-month-old Hispanic American boy with IIAC successfully underwent cardiothoracic surgery for severe pulmonary valve (PV) stenosis after unsuccessful balloon valvotomy in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA. msamyn@chw.org
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Samyn
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: Kimberly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gandy
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D061205:Vascular Calcification; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery