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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:239-240
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Minimally invasive implantation of a cardioverter in children

René Prêtre, MD, Urs Bauersfeld, MD

Department of Surgery, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

We read with interest the case report of Snyder and coworkers1Go regarding the implantation of a cardioverter in a 3-year-old child with a minimally invasive approach. In this case the authors used a dual-coil shocking lead looped around the heart and fixed on the epicardium. The sensing electrode was set on the right ventricle, and the implantable cardioverter–defibrillator was secured in the left abdominal wall.

We fully agree with the authors that defibrillators should be considered more often in the pediatric population and that an epicardial approach is the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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