TY - JOUR
T1 - Combined epicardial and transvenous placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead without a median sternotomy in an 8-year-old child
AU - Pokall, Stefan
AU - Hörer, Jürgen
AU - Schreiber, Christian
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - An alternative to median sternotomy for epicardial placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead in a child with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is described. Implantation of an ICD lead via the tricuspid valve was avoided by the use of an epicardial pacing lead and a transvenous defibrillator lead placed in the vena brachiocephalica. The abdominal, subcostal pocket incision was used for an anterolateral minithoracotomy to implant the epicardial pacing lead.
AB - An alternative to median sternotomy for epicardial placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead in a child with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is described. Implantation of an ICD lead via the tricuspid valve was avoided by the use of an epicardial pacing lead and a transvenous defibrillator lead placed in the vena brachiocephalica. The abdominal, subcostal pocket incision was used for an anterolateral minithoracotomy to implant the epicardial pacing lead.
KW - Epicardial pacing lead
KW - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
KW - Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
KW - Sternotomy
KW - Transvenous defibrillator lead
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889608831&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00246-012-0544-9
DO - 10.1007/s00246-012-0544-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 23052676
AN - SCOPUS:84889608831
SN - 0172-0643
VL - 34
SP - 1996
EP - 1997
JO - Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Pediatric Cardiology
IS - 8
ER -