Cardiac Strangulation in Children: Asymptomatic Complication of Epicardial Pacing

Cardiac strangulation is a rare but potentially life-threatening mechanical complication associated with epicardial pacemaker implantation in growing children. This article presents 2 case reports of left ventricular strangulation in 4- and 3-year-old children who had an epicardial pacemaker system...

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Autores principales: Dzhaffarova, Olga Yu, Svintsova, Liliya I., Kartofeleva, Elena O., Krivolapov, Sergey N., Svyazov, Evgeny A., Plotnikova, Irina V., Popov, Sergey V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9334137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35912323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.014
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Sumario:Cardiac strangulation is a rare but potentially life-threatening mechanical complication associated with epicardial pacemaker implantation in growing children. This article presents 2 case reports of left ventricular strangulation in 4- and 3-year-old children who had an epicardial pacemaker system implanted at an early age. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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