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Endocardial pacemakers in children: lead length and allowance for growth.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE 1993 Februrary
Permanent endocardial pacing in small children is feasible but is limited by two problems: sufficient extra lead has to be left within the heart to allow for growth and the excess has to be coiled behind the pacemaker, limiting the benefit from smaller generators. The required intravascular lead length in 120 children and adults was measured on posteroanterior chest X ray and was correlated with standing height. Measurements were made from the mid-point of the left clavicle to the apex of the right ventricle in a curve simulating the usual endocardial lead position. In 60 children, aged 2.0-15.9 years, intravascular lead length (range 15.5-29.0 cm) correlated well with height (0.83-1.70 m), r = 0.91. In 60 adults, mean age 54.9 years, intravascular lead length (25.5-35.6 cm) also correlated well with height (1.45-1.85 m), r = 0.71. In 20 adults the excess extravascular lead length, measured during pacemaker implantation via the subclavian route, was 15.1-33.7 cm and was inversely correlated with height. A child's eventual adult height can be predicted and, using our data, the extra length of lead necessary to allow for growth can be computed. Available endocardial pacing leads are usually 58- to 64-cm long. The excess extravascular lead is a major practical difficulty in children. Shorter leads would avoid the problem of excess lead and facilitate long-term pacing in small children.
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