title: Emergency cardiac resynchronisation in a 4kg infant post surgical closure of ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an established treatment for adult patients with cardiac failure due to mechanical and electrical dyssynchrony. Data on CRT in infants are scarce. We report the remarkable success of emergent CRT by epicardial pacing of the left ventricular apex in a 4kg infant with left ventricular failure due to LV dyssynchrony from left bundle branch block.
authors.affiliation: Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand. michael.yeong@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeong
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rumball
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*