Fifteen years' experience of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in children and young adults: Mortality and complications study.
Michal LewandowskiPaweł SyskaIlona KowalikAleksander MaciągMaciej SterlińskiJoanna Ateńska-PawłowskaHanna SzwedPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2018)
Endocardial ICD implantation in children and young adults is a feasible and life-saving procedure, according to the present 15 year follow up. The rate of complications including IT was high: 72.8% in the young ICD recipients. Re-implantation of a new system was often required due to ventricular lead dysfunction or infection in 25% of the patients.