The smallest patient with a pacemaker
What to do if a person has complete atrial-ventricular heart block? Put a pacemaker. And if the patient weighs 541g? The answer is to take an external pacemaker, perform an operation and save a child’s life. The rest is under the cut.
When Taylor Gardner was born (prematurely), she weighed 541g. The girl had heart problems - it beat at a frequency of 40-50 beats per minute, instead of the 140-150 beats / min she needed. In such cases, a pacemaker is installed, but the fact is that a child weighing less than 750 g has never done this before.
Australian surgeons had to show what they are capable of :)
In the photo you see a small patient and a pacemaker of the same size. When a girl grows up to at least 1.5-2 kg, she will be able to implant an internal pacemaker.
Now try to imagine the size of the heart of this girl, and how the surgeons installed an electrode from the pacemaker on it.
Why did I write this post? Probably to once again remind you that sometimes you can even do something that is impossible to do in principle.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25662201-2862,00.html
When Taylor Gardner was born (prematurely), she weighed 541g. The girl had heart problems - it beat at a frequency of 40-50 beats per minute, instead of the 140-150 beats / min she needed. In such cases, a pacemaker is installed, but the fact is that a child weighing less than 750 g has never done this before.
Australian surgeons had to show what they are capable of :)
In the photo you see a small patient and a pacemaker of the same size. When a girl grows up to at least 1.5-2 kg, she will be able to implant an internal pacemaker.
Now try to imagine the size of the heart of this girl, and how the surgeons installed an electrode from the pacemaker on it.
Why did I write this post? Probably to once again remind you that sometimes you can even do something that is impossible to do in principle.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25662201-2862,00.html