Reviewed were treatment problems encountered in the care of 143 hydrocephalic children with ventriculocardiac shunts. (GW)

Compared were cardiac characteristics (atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, entricular septal defect, or endocardial cusion defects) in 69 children with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and 315 non-Downs children with similar cardiac anomalies. (DB)

Nineteen of thirty-three children (5-to 18-years-old) whose arterial septal heart defects were surgically repaired did not undergo pre-operative cardiac catheterization. (CL)

Evaluation of 222 infants with imperforate anus found an incidence of cardiovascular malformations 20 times greater than would be expected. (DB)

Laboratory tests including blood count serum electrolyte measures, and electroencephalograms were performed on seven children ages 1 day to 18 years with recurrent attacks of rapid heart action known as idiopathic paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. (CL)