Redundant pacing in a child.
A 4-year-old boy with congenital complete atrioventricular block (CCAVB) and pacemaker (PM) dependency, received a redundant pacemaker. Two separate leads were implanted in the right ventricle, and connected to a dual chamber PM. The two pacing channels were both programmed so that each lead could compensate for the other in case of threshold elevation. The follow-up was uneventful despite exit block on one of the leads.
Villain
Elisabeth
E
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France. elisabeth.villain@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
Eliasson
Hakan
H
Sidi
Daniel
D
D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male