Permanent endocardial pacing by cephalic vein access in new-borns and infants--surgical techniques.
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.
Stojanov
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Pacemaker Center, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Center of Serbia, Koste Todorovica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Velimirovic
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Zivkovic
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Pavlovic
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Putnik
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D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*