Peritoneal migration of an epicardial pacemaker

Vincent Galand (1, 2) , Jean-Marc Schleich (1, 2) , Baptiste Polin (2, 1) , Jean-Claude Daubert (2, 1) , Christophe Leclercq (1, 2) , Raphael P. Martins (2, 1)

1 LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image
2 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]

A newborn with complete congenital atrioventricular block of immune origin, in severe heart failure, was implanted with a pacemaker at 1 day of life. The pacing lead was fixed to the epicardial right ventricle and the generator conventionally implanted in a pocket created beneath rectus muscles...

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale

Vincent Galand, Jean-Marc Schleich, Baptiste Polin, Jean-Claude Daubert, Christophe Leclercq, et al.. Peritoneal migration of an epicardial pacemaker. EP-Europace, 2017, 19 (6), pp.1021. ⟨10.1093/europace/eux106⟩. ⟨hal-01618000⟩