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ReviewHerzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie2025

Electrical device therapy in the paediatric population-age, indications, strategies and limitations.

Massimo Stefano Silvetti

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Review in Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Massimo Stefano SilvettiBambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Piazza S, Onofrio 4, 00165, Rome, Italy. mstefano.silvetti@opbg.net.

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Abstract

backgroundElectrical device therapy is increasingly used for paediatric patients with congenital and acquired arrhythmias and heart diseases.

objectivesThis review evaluates the indications, strategies and limitations of this therapy in the young. Pacing and defibrillation systems in young patients should last longer than in adults. The paediatric population ranges from preterm newborns to young adults, and therefore recommendations and pacing strategies are variable. Recent guidelines have provided new and updated recommendations. Various systems have enhanced our ability to treat arrhythmias. Transvenous and epicardial pacing systems compete for primacy among children; transvenous and subcutaneous defibrillators among adolescents. Outcomes are good, but there are frequent complications.

conclusionElectrical device therapy in the paediatric population is effective and safe, but it needs to be adapted to the age, size, and pathophysiology patients.

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Arrhythmias, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantablePacemaker, ArtificialAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultCardiac pacingChildrenImplantable defibrillatorPacing complicationsSinus node dysfunction

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