Cardiac resynchronization as therapy for congestive cardiac failure in children dependent on chronic cardiac pacing
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Cardiology in the Young
- Vol. 16 (2), 187-189
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951106000163
Abstract
Three patients with heart failure after chronic right ventricular apical pacing were treated with resynchronization. Biventricular pacing was used for two patients, and the other was treated with left univentricular pacing. In all patients, we observed a dramatic improvement of left ventricular dimension, function, and clinical state. We conclude that biventricular or left ventricular pacing is superior to right ventricular apical pacing in children who are pacemaker-dependent.Keywords
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