A case of permanent pacemaker implantation in neonate using steroid-eluting myocardial pacing leads
Hashimoto, T.; Sugawara, M.; Watanabe, H.; Hayashi, J.; Eguchi, S.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 50(11): 965-967
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 9330522 Document Number: 481703
A 0-day-old infant with symptomatic congenital atrioventricular block diagnosed by fetal echocardiography was successfully treated with the pacemaker implantation. Two steroid-eluting myocardial electrodes were fixed on the wall of the right ventricle. Steroid-eluting myocardial electrode is smaller than the others, stab-in and screw-in leads, so even in neonate we were able to place the leads by the subxyphoid approach. The postoperative thresholds were excellent.