ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Mikio Ohmi
Naoshi Sato
Kiyoshi Haneda
Hitoshi Mohri
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ohmi, M.
Right arrow Articles by Mohri, H.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ohmi, M.
Right arrow Articles by Mohri, H.

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1223-1225
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Articles

Permanent pacemaker implantation in premature infants less than 2,000 grams of body weight

Mikio Ohmi, MD*, Motohisa Tofukuji, MD, Kaori Sato, MD, Takahiko Nakame, MD, Naoshi Sato, MD, Kiyoshi Haneda, MD, Hitoshi Mohri, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Accepted for publication July 13, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Ohmi, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980, Japan.

Pacemaker implantation in premature infants presents technical problems because of the relatively larger size of the pulse generator compared with their bodies. A new technique with which successful generator implantation was performed in 2 premature infants less than 2,000 g of body weight is described. The generator is wrapped in a Gore-Tex surgical membrane. A piece of membrane overlying the electrical contact surface of the generator is removed, and the generator is fixed to the abdominal wall in the peritoneal cavity. The technique is simple to perform and would give relative ease in generator exchange.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
R. Agarwal, G. S. Krishnan, S. Abraham, K. Bhatt, P. Sekar, S. Kulkarni, and K. M. Cherian
Extrapleural Intrathoracic Implantation of Permanent Pacemaker in the Pediatric Age Group
Ann. Thorac. Surg., April 1, 2007; 83(4): 1549 - 1552.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
K. G. Warner, D. P. Halpin, C. I. Berul, and D. D. Payne
Placement of a permanent epicardial pacemaker in children using a subcostal approach
Ann. Thorac. Surg., July 1, 1999; 68(1): 173 - 175.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
F. X. Schmid, B. Nowak, C. Kampmann, M. Hilker, and H. Oelert
Cardiac pacing in premature infants and neonates: steroid eluting leads and automatic output adaptation
Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 1999; 67(5): 1400 - 1402.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
Permanent Pacemaker Implantation in Premature Infants Less Than 21,000 Grams of Body Weight
Ann. Thorac. Surg., September 1, 1997; 64(3): 880 - 881.
[Full Text]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
J. N. Young, T. J. Bacaner, and C. A. Powell
Preperitoneal Suprahepatic Pacemaker Generator Placement in the Pediatric Population
Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 1997; 63(5): 1486 - 1488.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.