Seven-year-old Elliot Atkins was the first child in the UK to have an angioplasty, which involves using a balloon to widen blood vessels near the heart

Seven-year-old Elliot Atkins was the first child in the UK to have an angioplasty, which involves using a balloon to widen blood vessels near the heart

Elliot Atkins became the first child in the UK to have an angioplasty to help make him fit enough to be given life-saving surgery