TY - GEN ID - cogprints4293 UR - http://cogprints.org/4293/ A1 - Antretter, Herwig A1 - Colvin, Joshua A1 - Schweigmann, Ulli A1 - Hangler, Herbert A1 - Höfer, Daniel A1 - Dunst, Karin A1 - Margreiter, Josef A1 - Laufer, Guenther Y1 - 2003/01// N2 - The number of children suffering from congenital or acquired rhythm disorders, and therefore being pacemaker dependent, is very small. This is one of the reasons why a special hardware has never been developed for this cohort. Pacemaker implantation into children does not differ substantially from operations in adults. But there are several important points which have to be fulfilled in these small patients in order to guarantee a complication free function. As most of these children remain pacemaker dependent a lifetime, it is of tremendous importance to minimize all revisions regarding the implanted systems and to enable our small patients a high and therefore nearly normal quality of life. Pros and cons of different surgical approaches, implantation sites and the problem of growth after pacemaker implantation in children are considered. PB - Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group KW - pediatric cardiac pacing KW - epicardial pacing KW - transatrial pacing KW - growth TI - Special Problems Of Pacing In Children SP - 23 AV - public EP - 33 ER -