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Absorbable Suture Technique: Solution to the Growth Problem in Pediatric Pacing with Endocardial Leads
Author(s) -
STOJANOV PETAR,
VELIMIROVIĆ DUŠAN,
MD VLADIMIR HRNJAK,
PAVLOVIĆ SINIŠA U.,
ŽIVKOVIĆ MIRJANA,
DJORDJEVIĆ ZORAN
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01062.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrous joint , lead (geology) , cardiac pacing , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , cardiology , population , environmental health , geomorphology , geology
Endocardial pacing system implantation has been performed in 15 children of mean age 37 months (ranging from 1 day to 89 months), Endocardial lead fixation was performed by means of slowly resorbable suture (Dexon) to allow spontaneous lead migration as the child grows. During a mean follow‐up period of 61 months (range 17–108 months), none of the patients needed reintervention for correcting the lead length to allow growth.