New electrode for pacing fetuses with complete heart block Novo eletrodo para implante de marcapasso em fetos com bloqueio atrioventricular total

New electrode for pacing fetuses with complete heart block Novo eletrodo para implante de marcapasso em fetos com bloqueio atrioventricular total

OBJECTIVE: As fetal complete heart block with hydrops carries a poor prognosis, intrauterine pacing appears the most logical treatment. However, premature labor following hysterotomy remains a major obstacle to open procedures. Therefore, we developed a new lead for fetal pacing that avoids the need...

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Main Authors: Renato S. Assad, Paulo Zielinsky, Renato Kalil, Gustavo Lima, Anna Aramayo, Ari Santos, Roberto Costa, Miguel Barbero-Marcial, Sérgio A. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Procedimentos cirúrgicos cardíacos
Bloqueio cardíaco
Marcapasso artificial
Hidropsia fetal
Cardiac surgical procedures
Heart block
Pacemaker artificial
Hydrops fetalis
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