Table 7. Indications for Pacing in Children and Adolescents
AVHB = atrioventricular heart block; CHF = congestive heart failure; SND = sinus node dysfunction; CHD = congenital heart disease; VT = ventricular tachycardia; BTS = bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome; LQTS = long QT syndrome.
Adapted from Gregoratos G, Cheitlin M, Conill A, Epstein A, Fellows C, Ferguson TJ, Freedman R, Hlatky M, Naccarelli G, Saksena S, Schlant R, Silka M: ACC/AHA guidelines for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: A report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Pacemaker Implantation). J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:1175–209. Copyright 1998 by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Permission granted for one-time use. Further reproduction is not permitted without permission of the ACC/AHA.