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To go left or right? Driving towards the best direction in paediatric pacing
- Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Luigina Porco, Ilaria Tamburri, Marta Campisi, Fabrizio Gimigliano, Fabio Anselmo Saputo, Chiara Mizzon, Corrado Di Mambro, Sonia Albanese, Lucilla Ravà, Fabrizio Drago
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 33 / Issue 5 / May 2023
- Published online by Cambridge University Press:
- 08 June 2022, pp. 760-765
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Background:
Permanent pacing in children with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block may cause left ventricular dysfunction. To prevent it, alternative pacing sites have been proposed: left ventricular epicardial or selective right ventricular endocardial pacing.
Aims:To compare the functional outcome (left ventricular systolic function and synchrony) in paediatric patients with congenital complete atrioventricular block and left ventricular apical epicardial or right ventricular transvenous mid-septal pacing.
Methods:Retrospective study. Epicardial leads were implanted by standard surgical technique, transvenous leads by 3D electroanatomic mapping systems. 3D mapping acquired 3D right ventricular local pacing map and defined the narrowest paced QRS site. 3D mapping guided screw-in bipolar leads on that ventricular site. Electrocardiogram (ECG) (QRS duration) and echocardiographic data (synchrony: interventricular mechanical delay, septal to posterior wall motion delay, systolic dyssynchrony index; contractility: global longitudinal strain, ejection fraction) were recorded. Data are reported as median [interquartile ranges]. p < 0.05 was significant.
Results:There were 19 transvenous systems (age 8.8 [6–14] years; right ventricular mid-septum) and 17 epicardial systems (0.04 [0.001–0.6] years; left ventricular apex). Post-implantation QRS significantly widened either in endocardial or in epicardial patients. Most patients reached 4-year follow-up. One-year and 4-year ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain were mostly within normal limits and did not show significant differences between the two groups and between the same endocardial/epicardial group. Synchrony parameters were within normal limits in the two groups.
Conclusions:Left ventricular apical epicardial pacing and 3D mapping-guided right ventricular mid-septal pacing preserved left ventricular contractility and synchrony in children and adolescents with congenital complete atrioventricular block at short-/mid-term follow-up, without relevant significant differences between the two groups.
Results of remote follow-up and monitoring in young patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices
- Massimo S. Silvetti, Fabio A. Saputo, Rosalinda Palmieri, Silvia Placidi, Lorenzo Santucci, Corrado Di Mambro, Daniela Righi, Fabrizio Drago
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 26 / Issue 1 / January 2016
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- 14 January 2015, pp. 53-60
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Background
Remote monitoring is increasingly used in the follow-up of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Data on paediatric populations are still lacking. The aim of our study was to follow-up young patients both in-hospital and remotely to enhance device surveillance.
MethodsThis is an observational registry collecting data on consecutive patients followed-up with the CareLink system. Inclusion criteria were a Medtronic device implanted and patient’s willingness to receive CareLink. Patients were stratified according to age and presence of congenital/structural heart defects (CHD).
ResultsA total of 221 patients with a device – 200 pacemakers, 19 implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and two loop recorders – were enrolled (median age of 17 years, range 1–40); 58% of patients were younger than 18 years of age and 73% had CHD. During a follow-up of 12 months (range 4–18), 1361 transmissions (8.9% unscheduled) were reviewed by technicians. Time for review was 6±2 minutes (mean±standard deviation). Missed transmissions were 10.1%. Events were documented in 45% of transmissions, with 2.7% yellow alerts and 0.6% red alerts sent by wireless devices. No significant differences were found in transmission results according to age or presence of CHD. Physicians reviewed 6.3% of transmissions, 29 patients were contacted by phone, and 12 patients underwent unscheduled in-hospital visits. The event recognition with remote monitoring occurred 76 days (range 16–150) earlier than the next scheduled in-office follow-up.
ConclusionsRemote follow-up/monitoring with the CareLink system is useful to enhance device surveillance in young patients. The majority of events were not clinically relevant, and the remaining led to timely management of problems.