Pacemaker use for the treatment of reflex-mediated syncope: 40-year experience at a single paediatric institution.

Thomas HuangEdward O'LearyMark E AlexanderLaura BevilacquaFrancis Fynn-ThompsonElizabeth S DeWittVassilios J BezzeridesDouglas Y Mah

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)

Paediatric patients with reflex-mediated syncope can be treated with pacing. Complication rates are high (24%); as such, permanent pacemakers should be reserved only for those in whom asystole from sinus pauses or atrioventricular block has been well documented.

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pulmonary embolism
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