PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION IN A 1200G-PRETERM SUFFERING FROM CONGENITAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
- Antonio Di Mauro
Publication date
April 2013
DOI Publisher
Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici Journal
2279-7165Abstract
Congenital third-degree (complete) atrioventricular block requires pacemaker implantation where prenatal hydrops, low ventricular rate (<45 bpm) non-response to inotropes, and/or left ventricular dysfunction is present. A permanent pacemaker was implanted in a 1200g 9 day old preterm: the smallest newborn successfully subjected to this procedure, according to literature
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