Open AccessSubcutaneous defibrillator implantation in pediatric patients
Author(s) -
İlker Ertuğrul,
Tevfik Karagöz,
Hayrettin Hakan Aykan,
İşıl Yildirim,
Sema Özer,
Heves Karagöz,
Mustafa Yılmaz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the anatolian journal of cardiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2149-2271
pISSN - 2149-2263
DOI - 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2015.6589
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , perioperative , cardiomyopathy , population , sudden cardiac death , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , long qt syndrome , surgery , heart failure , qt interval , environmental health
Although sudden cardiac death is rare in children, an intracardiac defibrillator system is indicated in children with various types of cardiomyopathy, primary electrical diseases, and after surgical repair of congenital heart defects. The use of transvenous defibrillator lead systems is limited in pediatric patients because of a small body size and/or limited vascular access. Subcutaneous array leads combined with an abdominally placed generator can enable implantation.