Use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in an eight-month-old infant with ventricular fibrillation arising from a myocardial fibroma.
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.
Park
J K
JK
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA.
Pollock
M E
ME
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*