Extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation was successfully performed using a minimally invasive substernal technique in a 2-year-old child.
Case Report (n=1)
This case demonstrates the feasibility of minimally invasive extravascular ICD implantation in very young children, offering an alternative to intrapericardial lead placement that accommodates somatic growth.
Automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator device implantation in young children is a rare procedure that typically necessitates intrapericardial lead placement. The extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator device can be implanted with the patient in a substernal position and with a straightforward and minimally invasive technique. The largest incision is made to accommodate the generator device. The alignment of the coils and device provides a good vector for defibrillation while permitting somatic growth. Here we describe implantation of an extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator in a 2-year-old child, among the youngest patients to receive this device to date.
Rabin et al. (Mon,) conducted a case report in Need for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (n=1). Extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD) implantation was evaluated. Extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation was successfully performed using a minimally invasive substernal technique in a 2-year-old child.