title: Noninvasive external pacing in the newborn.
abstract: Complete atrioventricular block in the newborn occasionally requires emergency intervention when the heart rate is too low to provide adequate cardiac output. While medications are frequently ineffective, emergent implantation of a pacemaker is not always feasible and carries a significant morbidity. We report two cases of complete atrioventricular block in newborns treated immediately after birth with an external noninvasive pacemaker system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiology Institute, Hadassah University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Peleg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nir
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome