title: Novel technique for implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator in children.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy with hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation underwent implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The lead was inserted through a pursestring suture in the right atrial appendage, and the tip of coil was placed in the right ventricular apex under fluoroscopic guidance. Another defibrillation coil was placed in the back of the left atrium and left ventricle by the transverse sinus. The device wrapped in a monofilament mesh sheet was placed in the intraperitoneal space. This case utilized a new technique for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a small child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: goldenvalley827@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Tomomitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishigaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kanta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ehara
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Electric Physiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Electric Physiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsugutoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*