PEDIATRICS Vol. 21 No. 2 February 1958, pp. 207-221
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AORTIC STENOSIS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Patrick A. Ongley M.B., Ch.B.1, Alexander S. Nadas M.D.1, Milton H. Paul M.D.1, Abraham M. Rudolph M.R.C.P.1, and George W. B. Starkey M.D.1

1 Sharon Cardiovascular Unit of the Children's Medical Center, Boston, and the Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Aortic stenosis is a relatively common lesion in childhood. In severity, it may vary from extreme mildness to cases terminating in sudden death. The prognosis is worse in the presence of left ventricular strain as shown by the electrocardiogram.

Progression of signs of left ventricular "strain" by electrocardiogram should be studied by catheterization of the left side of the heart prior to deciding upon aortic valvotomy.

Submitted on June 24, 1957
Accepted on August 1, 1957