Doctors perform bypass surgery on 20-month-old boy (India)

"Stawan Bijal Shah is now likely to live a normal life after undergoing coronary artery bypass for a rare heart disease in a Delhi hospital, with the 20-month-old possibly becoming the youngest patient in the world to undergo this surgery, doctors said. Shah underwent a coronary artery bypass surgery on Monday after he was found to be suffering from the Kawasaki disease, which damaged his heart. He is now recuperating in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Batra Hospital here where doctors believe that Stawan is the youngest child in the world to undergo such surgery. "Kawasaki is an extremely rare disease among children. It causes thickening and dilation of arteries resulting in severe blockage," said SC Bhan, director cardiac unit, Batra Hospital" - Times of India