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Biventricular pacing in children with complete atrioventricular block*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

Fumiaki Shikata ,
Mitsugi Nagashima  and
Takashi Higaki
Fumiaki Shikata*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Mitsugi Nagashima
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Takashi Higaki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
*
Correspondence to: F. Shikata, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University, Shitsukawa Toon City, Ehime 791-1125, Japan. Tel: +81 89 960 5331; Fax: +81 89 960 5332; E-mail: shika@blue.ocn.ne.jp
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Abstract

We performed pacemaker implantation with biventricular pacing using a usual dual-chamber pacemaker device in three children with complete atrioventricular block. The post-operative QRS durations were 114, 112, and 106 milliseconds in patients 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Post-operative echocardiography revealed well-synchronised left ventricles. Biventricular pacing in children with complete atrioventricular block may be useful for shortening the QRS duration.

Keywords

Childrenepicardial pacingnarrow QRSatrioventricular block
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 571 - 573
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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Footnotes

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Presented at the Second Asia-Pacific Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Korea, 27–30 May, 2008.

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