Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. A report of successful experience with bilateral diaphragmatic pacing.
Bilateral diaphragmatic pacing was successfully performed in an 18-month-old child with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) as an alternative to long-term mechanical ventilation. Subsequent complications were related more to cor pulmonale and tracheostomy care than to the pacing itself.
D003964:Diaphragm; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010791:Phrenic Nerve; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy