Surgical treatment of coarctation of the aorta in infancy: Report of two cases

1. 1. One infant with heart failure due to an adult type of coarctation was operated upon successfully at the age of one month, and after twenty-nine months satisfactory lowering of arm pressures and good leg pressures have been maintained. 2. 2. One infant with heart failure was operated upon successfully under hypothermia at the age of two months for an infantile type of coarctation with a large ductus emptying into the aorta beyond the constriction. There was also an associated septal defect which has not been treated. A satisfactory circulatory status has remained for the seventeen months following operation. 3. 3. Hypothermia may be a useful adjunct to cardiovascular procedures in infants.