| Autor: |
Fayn E; Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA., Chou HA, Park D, Zavitz DH, Cuneo BF, Mahan VL, Guleçyuz M, Curran L, Lipson D, Quillen EW Jr, Petrikovsky BM, Ovadia M |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The American journal of cardiology [Am J Cardiol] 2005 May 15; Vol. 95 (10), pp. 1267-70. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.066 |
| Abstrakt: |
Ultrasound measurements, including xiphoid-to-pericardial distance and deployment angle, were made on human fetuses as a function of gestational age for the purpose of assessing the likelihood of 3 failure modes of a monolithic fetal pacemaker, including primary positioning failure due to device length and secondary dislodgement failure due to somatic growth. The small variation of the measurements over the gestational age range relevant to device implantation for the major indications of the device (for complete heart block complicated by hydrops and for bradycardia risk after fetal surgery or intrauterine intervention) predicts a small likelihood of these failure modes. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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