Key result
Pacemaker implantation successfully treats congenital complete heart block in an 803 g infant.
Demonstrates the feasibility of pacemaker implantation in extremely low-birth-weight infants with congenital complete heart block.
Supports feasibility in select cases; leaves open safety, efficacy, and need for prospective data before wider adoption.
Pacemaker implantation in infants during the early postnatal period is difficult because of their small body size and susceptibility to infection. We describe the successful pacemaker implantation for complete heart block in an infant weighing 803 g.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Nakanishi et al. (2016) studied this question. Pacemaker implantation was successfully performed to treat congenital complete heart block in an extremely low-birth-weight infant weighing 803 g.
Synapse has enriched 4 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: