Left ventricular (LV) pacing in newborns and infants: Echo assessment of LV systolic function and synchrony at 5-year follow-up.

Massimo Stefano SilvettiGiulia MuziMarta UnoltCarolina D'AnnaFabio Anselmo SaputoCorrado Di MambroSonia AlbaneseAntonio AmmiratiLucilla RavàFabrizio Drago

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2020)

LV pacing preserved LV systolic function and synchrony in neonates and infants with CCAVB at 5-year follow-up. LV EF improved in patients with low preimplantation EF. Pacing mode or the presence of autoantibodies did not demonstrated an impact on LV contractility and synchrony.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
blood pressure

acute myocardial infarction
pregnant women
magnetic resonance
systemic lupus erythematosus

magnetic resonance imaging
low birth weight
preterm infants

atrial fibrillation
smooth muscle
diffusion weighted