Abstract
Cardiac Resynchronization therapy has become an important management tool in adults with heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. The role of CRT in children with CHF is still unclear. Evidence is slowly emerging in the pediatric cardiology literature that CRT may have an important and useful role in certain select populations with CHF. These include patients with complete heart block who develop pacing-induced cardiomyopathy, certain forms of congenital heart disease associated with systemic ventricular failure (even if the systemic ventricle is a morphologic RV) and in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Studies in children supporting the use of CRT include many case reports, a few studies of CRT in post-operative patients, and one multi-center registry reporting the use of CRT in children. These papers will be summarized.
Keywords: Cardiac Resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathy, pediatric cardiology, congenital heart disease, right bundle branch block (RBBB), Myocardial dysfunction
Current Cardiology Reviews
Title: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Children
Volume: 5 Issue: 1
Author(s): Anjan S. Batra and Seshadri Balaji
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Keywords: Cardiac Resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathy, pediatric cardiology, congenital heart disease, right bundle branch block (RBBB), Myocardial dysfunction
Abstract: Cardiac Resynchronization therapy has become an important management tool in adults with heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. The role of CRT in children with CHF is still unclear. Evidence is slowly emerging in the pediatric cardiology literature that CRT may have an important and useful role in certain select populations with CHF. These include patients with complete heart block who develop pacing-induced cardiomyopathy, certain forms of congenital heart disease associated with systemic ventricular failure (even if the systemic ventricle is a morphologic RV) and in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Studies in children supporting the use of CRT include many case reports, a few studies of CRT in post-operative patients, and one multi-center registry reporting the use of CRT in children. These papers will be summarized.
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Batra S. Anjan and Balaji Seshadri, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Children, Current Cardiology Reviews 2009; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340309787048167
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