title: Permanent endocardial pacing by cephalic vein access in new-borns and infants--surgical techniques.
abstract: Most centers worldwide use permanent endovenous cardiac electrostimulation in children requiring pacing whose body mass is over 10kg. The normal implantation route is via a subclavian vein puncture. In our Center, we have implanted permanent endovenous pacing systems for complete AV block in nine children with a mean body mass 7.4kg (range 2.45-10kg). The endovenous lead was placed using cephalic vein cutdown procedure. To allow 'sliding' during the child's growth, the lead was secured by absorbable sutures.
authors.affiliation: Pacemaker Center, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Center of Serbia, Koste Todorovica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stojanov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Velimirovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zivkovic
authors.forename: S U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Pavlovic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Putnik
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*