Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an established treatment for adult patients
with cardiac failure due to mechanical and electrical dyssynchrony. Data on CRT in
infants are scarce. We report the remarkable success of emergent CRT by epicardial
pacing of the left ventricular apex in a 4 kg infant with left ventricular failure due to LV dyssynchrony from left bundle branch
block.
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Publication history
Published online: September 20, 2012
Accepted:
August 22,
2012
Received in revised form:
August 21,
2012
Received:
July 1,
2012
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