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Use of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in an Eight‐Month‐Old Infant with Ventricular Fibrillation Arising from a Myocardial Fibroma
Author(s) -
PARK JEANNY K.,
POLLOCK MARC E.
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8159.1999.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , ventricular fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , abdomen , fibroma , surgery , anatomy
We report our experience with use of a ICD in a 7‐month‐old infant who presented with VF. We utilized an epicardial patch and active generator in the abdomen. Development of mediastinitis required explantation and eventual replacement with a subcutaneous patch and active generator in the abdomen.