Transvenous biventricular pacing in a child after congenital heart surgery as an alternative therapy for congestive heart failure

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003 Oct;14(10):1110-2. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03158.x.

Abstract

Transvenous Biventricular Pacing in Children. Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves short-term and long-term hemodynamics in adult patients with congestive heart failure and left bundle branch block. We describe the feasibility of transvenous biventricular pacemaker implantation in a 6-year-old child with heart failure and wide QRS complex after congenital heart surgery. Myocardial tissue Doppler imaging was used to demonstrate intraventricular dyssynchrony and resynchronization after cardiac resynchronization therapy. During 1-year follow-up, symptomatology and hemodynamic parameters improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Child
  • Complementary Therapies / methods
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Treatment Failure
  • Treatment Outcome