Evaluation Of Pacemakers in Children

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Pacemakers were introduced into clinical practice several decades ago and currently are used in a growing number of patients. Since insertion of the first cardiac Pacemaker in 1958, vast changes have occurred in both the technology of the devices and their indications. Devices have evolved from single-lead and fixed-rate systems to multi chamber rate-responsive systems with increasingly sophisticated software . Pediatric Pacemaker implants comprise less than 1 % of all implants. The indications for pacing in newborns and infants are divided predominantly into three groups: congenital abnormalities of the conduction system, acquired heart blocks after cardiac surgery for correction of congenital defects, and sinus node diseases

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