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The difference between pacing children and adults is not just a question of patient size. Pacing children means an expected period of pacing of 70–80 years, in which children grow to adult size, are very active and participate in sports. This requires a great deal more of the pacemaker system than when used in the elderly. Moreover, the major indication for pacing in children is injury to the conduction system by cardiac surgery. This implies pacemaker implantation in anatomical abnormal hearts with e.g., abnormal connections of the systemic veins, discordant atrioventricular (AV) connections, AV valve atresia, or myocardial scarring. Therefore, pediatric pacing requires specific knowledge to cope with the potential problems in pacing congenitally abnormal hearts.
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Bink-Boelkens, M.T.E., Beaufort-Krol, G.C.M. (1995). Cardiac Pacing in Children, Special Skills Needed?. In: Van Hemel, N.M., Wittkampf, F.H.M., Ector, H. (eds) The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0347-3_12
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