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Successful emergency cardiac pacing and permanent pacemaker insertion in a preterm 29-week gestation hydropic baby with congenital complete heart block

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2014

Matthew Jonathan Beake ,
Vinay Bhole ,
Tracey Johnston  and
Shree Vishna Rasiah
Matthew Jonathan Beake*
Affiliation:
Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Vinay Bhole
Affiliation:
The Heart Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tracey Johnston
Affiliation:
Department of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Shree Vishna Rasiah
Affiliation:
Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: M. Beake, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TG, United Kingdom. Tel: 0121 4721377; E-mail: matthewbeake@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

A preterm 29-week gestation baby was delivered because of gross foetal hydrops secondary to congenital complete heart block. Despite a poor prognosis, she survived stabilisation and received emergency epicardial pacing followed by permanent pacemaker insertion on day 13, weighing 1.2 kg.

Keywords

Congenital complete heart blockfoetal hydropsepicardial pacingpreterm delivery
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 2015 , pp. 348 - 349
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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