Inferior vena caval loop of an endocardial pacing lead did not solve the growth problem in a child.
This report describes a transvenous pacemaker lead insertion into a child's right ventricle with a loop formed within the inferior vena cava to allow growth. Five years later emergency revision was necessary because of loss of capture. The expected lead release had not taken place.
Antretter
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H
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Innsbruck, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Austria. herwig.antretter@uibk.ac.at
Hangler
H
H
Colvin
J
J
Laufer
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G
D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006128:Growth / Q000502:physiology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery