Samyn Margaret M, Bick David, Humphrey John A, Gandy Kimberly L
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Oct;31(7):1096-9. doi: 10.1007/s00246-010-9747-0. Epub 2010 Jun 16.
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.