Cardiac catheterization was per-formed at 30 days of life (Figures 3 and 4). Withtest balloon occlusion of the portosystemicshunt, the mean portal vein pressure was 9 mmHg with a simultaneous right atrial mean pres-sure of 2 mm Hg: a transportal gradient of 7 mmHg. The channel was occluded with 8- and 6-mm Amplatzer vascular plugs (AGA MedicalCorporation, Golden Valley, MN).
John Adams (July 1, 1825 â November 30, 1864) was an officer in the United States Army. With the onset of the American Civil War, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of brigadier general before being killed in action.
(1735-1826). As first vice president and second president of the United States, John Adams was one of the founding fathers of the new nation. He was a delegate of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and one of only two presidents whose signature appears on the Declaration of Independence.