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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:2125-2127
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Successful implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator in an infant

Hiroshi Watanabe, MD*a, Jun-ichi Hayashi, MDa, Manabu Haga, MDa, Masayuki Saito, MDa, Hiroshi Suzuki, MDb, Seiichi Sato, MDb

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan
b Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan

Accepted for publication October 18, 2000.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Watanabe, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata City 951-8510 Japan
e-mail: watanabe{at}med.niigata-u.ac.jp

We report the successful implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in a 12-month-old infant. A single-lead ICD using an epicardial patch and a cathodal pulse-generator titanium shell electrode was very useful for implantation in this infant.






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