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Growth and the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator in a small child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Georgia Spentzou Open the ORCID record for Georgia Spentzou [Opens in a new window] ,
Andrew McLean  and
Karen McLeod Open the ORCID record for Karen McLeod [Opens in a new window]
Georgia Spentzou*
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Andrew McLean
Affiliation:
Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
Karen McLeod
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Author for correspondence: G. Spentzou, Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. E-mail: georgiaspentzou@nhs.net
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Abstract

The effect of growth on the subcutaneous cardioverter defibrillators when implanted in small children is unknown. These two chest X-rays demonstrate that these devices can cope well with growth.

Keywords

Growthsubcutaneousimplantable cardioverter defibrillator child
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1524
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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References

Bogush, N, Espinosa, R, Cannon, B, et al. Selecting the right defibrillator in the younger patient: transvenous, epicardial or subcutaneous? Int J Cardiol 2018; 250: 133–138.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed