SEVERE CYANOSIS IN A NEWBORN AFTER TRANSVENOUS PACING WIRE PLACEMENT

Authors
SIWIK ES VANHARE GF
Citation
Es. Siwik et Gf. Vanhare, SEVERE CYANOSIS IN A NEWBORN AFTER TRANSVENOUS PACING WIRE PLACEMENT, Pediatric cardiology, 19(2), 1998, pp. 168-170
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01720643
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
168 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-0643(1998)19:2<168:SCIANA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Inadvertent disruption of tricuspid valve apposition by a pacing cathe ter in a neonate is described. Severe cyanosis due to atrial level shu nting resulted, similar to the pathophysiologic state seen in Ebstein' s anomaly.