title: 50 years ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defect following cardiac failure in infancy.
authors.affiliation: Nemours Cardiac Center, Wilmington, Delaware.
authors.forename: Samuel S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gidding
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000266:history*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014481:United States