Baby plants 3 months old into the permanent pacemaker

Baby plants 3 months old into the permanent pacemaker
It is reported ' The reporter reporter Xia Lin and Hu DeRong) Recently, only 3 months old boy baby of 41 times is succeeded in planting into the permanent pacemaker of membrane in the heart in a heartbeat of every minute on average. It is reported, should perform the operation permanent pacemaker of membrane plant skill into in the heart for the intersection of our country and the youngest infant. The infant has already recovered to leave hospital on July 29.

It is interesting too slow that the infant is found when being strong in still in mother's belly. When 3 months after being born in, are strong in moving in the cardiovascular dept.(internal medicine) in the medical center of the children of Shanghai, make a definite diagnosis of for inborn three atrio-ventricular block, heart rate only 41 / minute on average. According to the introduction of this head of the department Professor Li Fen, 3 months old baby's normal heart rate should reach for 100 times / about minute, infant this may because getting aroused in interest to cause the intersection of brain and ischemic, oxygen deficiency slowly at any time, there is a life danger at any time, must plant into the permanent pacemaker as soon as possible. But accepted the youngest infant of this kind of operation has 6 months old. One month old is good for and good for only 5 kilograms of weight, blood vessel is very thin, the heart is very weak, hypodermis and muscle are all very thin, it is unable to plant into the ordinary pacemaker at all. For this reason, Professor Li Fen has purchased the miniature pace maker for the infant specially. The size of this miniature pacemaker is only equivalent to coin of 1 yuans, it is the global pacemaker minimum in volume at present.

On July 24, Professor Li Fen plants under the general anesthesia into the permanent pacemaker of membrane in the heart for this infant. Make adequate preparation, consider thorough, operation 1 of time spent finish smoothly hour only. The heart rate of future trouble of the skill rises to 90 times / minute immediately.



Baby plants 3 months old into the permanent pacemaker