Link M S, Hill S L, Cliff D L, Swygman C A, Foote C B, Homoud M K, Wang P J, Estes N A, Berul C I
The Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jan 15;83(2):263-6, A5-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00834-0.
Compared with adults patients (n = 309) receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators at the same institution, pediatric patients (n = 11) exhibited a trend toward lower defibrillation thresholds. At follow-up of 29 +/- 17 months, the incidence of recurrent arrhythmias was similar, but lead revisions and device infections were more common in the pediatric patients.
