New approach to implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in small pediatric patients: dorsal positioning of superior vena cava shock lead in a 3-year-old

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul;148(1):358-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.080. Epub 2014 Mar 1.

Authors

Susanne Bendesgaard Pedersen¹, Morten Holdgaard Smerup², Jens Cosedis Nielsen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
³ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.

PMID: 24685380
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.080

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Body Size
Child, Preschool
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Humans
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
Patient Positioning
Prosthesis Design
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava, Superior / physiopathology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / complications
Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*