Biventricular pacing for successful weaning from extracorporal circulation in an infant with complex tetralogy of fallot.
Biventricular pacing therapy is an innovative therapy for improving cardiac output in adult patients with severe heart failure. However, this technique is not yet used in infants with congenital heart disease. We present a six month old infant with tetralogy of fallot and atresia of the left pulmonary artery in which biventricular stimulation led to improved left ventricular function and successful weaning from extracorporeal circulation.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Theoder-Stern-Kai 7, 118D 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. abdel-rahman@gmx.de
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D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*