Boy with ‘one in a million’ condition sees heart failure reversed after life-saving UK first procedure (opens original article in a new tab)

A UK boy with a rare heart condition became the first child to undergo an angioplasty for heart failure, reversing his condition and enabling life-saving surgery. The procedure, not previously used in children with severe heart failure, has since been applied to other patients.

• A boy in the UK became the first child to have an angioplasty for heart failure, a procedure typically used in adults.
• Elliot's condition, middle aortic syndrome, caused severe narrowing of his aorta and heart failure, which was reversed through the procedure.
• The treatment allowed Elliot to undergo a complex surgery and now he is active and healthy, with similar procedures now being performed on other children.