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Transvenous nonfluoroscopic pacemaker implantation during pregnancy guided by 3-dimensional electroanatomic mapping

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Patients with congenital heart disease are at ongoing risk of developing both bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias decades after surgical repair. Rarely, arrhythmias can be exacerbated during pregnancy and require emergent intervention. Here, we report unique experience with nonfluoroscopic pacemaker implantation during pregnancy. Ionizing radiation, even in low doses, is associated with an increased risk of malignancy, and a fetus may be at particularly increased risk.1,2 Over the past 2 decades, the use of fluoroscopy in cardiac ablation procedures has become nearly obsolete with the development of 3-dimensional (3D) electroanatomic mapping software such as CARTO (Biosense-Webster, Diamond Bar, CA) and NavX or EnSite (St.

Source: HeartRhythm Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2017.07.020

Authors: Jacob Hartz, Bradley C. Clark, Seiji Ito, Elizabeth D. Sherwin, Charles I. Berul

Institutions: Children's National, George Washington University

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,100