Series of "Firsts"

1. Successfully complete a balloon valvuloplasty of the aortic valve in a 1 month old baby

2. Perform an arterial switch repair in a 4 pound newborn

3. Successfully construct the right ventricular outflow tract, repair the tricuspid valve and place a central shunt in a newborn

4. Discharge a child in 24 and 48 hours after PDA ligation and Closure of an atrial septal defect

5. Close a calcified Patent Ductus Arteriosus with steel coils in a 69 year old woman (review of world literature suggests she is the oldest patient to undergo this procedure successfully)

6. First pediatric cardiac center in Indiana to transmit echocardiographic images from a remote location to our office. Enables prompt treatment and life saving interventions in a critically ill newborn.

7. First pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory in Indiana to use bi-plane "cine-less" imaging. This reduces radiation exposure for the child and physician.