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Aortic Stenosis

Research results from Arkansas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery update knowledge of aortic stenosis

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, November 30th, 2006

Research findings, "Delayed manifestation of abdominal aortic stenosis in a child presenting 10 years after blunt abdominal trauma," are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from the United States, "We report the case of a 13-year-old boy who, at 3 years of age, was a rear seat-restrained passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle crash necessitating segmental small-bowel resection. The patient remained well for 10 years; then he began to have exercise-induced fatigue in his lower extremities."

"Routine physical examination revealed a bruit and thrill in the mid abdomen and diminished femoral pulses. Aortic stenosis was diagnosed and treated surgically....

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