Intrapleural permanent pacemakers in infancy

Intrapleural permanent pacemakers in infancy.

Although treatment with permanent pacemakers has been extensively described in adults, there is little information about it in infants. Conventional sites for pacemaker implantation are the abdominal wall, subpectoral muscle region, subdiaphragmatic area, and the pelvic cavity. If the infant has a thin chest and abdominal wall, implantation of the pacemaker there produces an unsightly bulge and...

Autopsy findings with permanent pervenous pacemakers.

Of 130 patients who received permanent pervenous pacemakers in the last 2 years at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 21 have died; complete postmortem data are available on seven who died 5 days to 18 months after insertion of the pacemaker. No deaths were related to pacemaker malfunction. No patient received routine anticoagulant therapy. The intracardiac portions of all pacemaker electrodes...

THE ROLE OF PACEMAKER CLINIC IN THE FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT PACEMAKERS

The Pacemaker Clinic at Shahid Rajai Cardiovascular Research Center first started operating in August 1992. In its first year of operation, 294 permanent pacemaker patients were studied, allowing an appraisal to be carried out of the clinic's effectiveness in diagnosing and treating early complications. In the final analysis, pacemaker complications were observed in 68 (23%) patients, of wh...

Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with permanent pacemakers.

OBJECTIVE To determine the relations between left atrial appendage function, spontaneous echo contrast, and thromboembolism in patients with different modes of permanent pacemakers. PATIENTS AND METHODS 88 patients with pacemaker implantation and 25 healthy controls in sinus rhythm had transoesophageal echocardiographic examination of the left atrial appendage. Left atrial size, appendage are...

Insertion of permanent pacemakers as a day case procedure.