title: Abdominal implantation of loop recorders in infants and children.
abstract: Implantable loop recorders have an important role in establishing symptom-rhythm correlation in adults with recurrent syncope or palpitations. The standard location of these devices is in a subcutaneous prepectoral pocket. As the device is bulky, this is not an ideal location in young patients. We report a technique of abdominal implantation of this device in 10 consecutive infants and children, achieving an excellent cosmetic result and diagnostic-quality electrograms at follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. n.sreeram@uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: Narayanswami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sreeram
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Gerardus
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bennink
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis*