Rapid cardiac ventricular pacing to facilitate embolization of vein of Galen malformations: technical note
Aaron Hockley1, Michael K Tso1, Mohammed A Almekhlafi2
11Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary.
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics
|November 29, 2018
Abstract:
In BriefBabies born with life-threatening brain blood-vessel malformations can be helped with new heart pacemaker technology to temporarily stop the flow of blood in their bodies during surgery, for inducing hypotension to aid in controlled embolization.
Keywords:
AVM = arteriovenous malformationMAP = mean arterial pressureNICU = neonatal intensive care unitRVOT = right ventricle outflow tractVGAM = vein of Galen aneurysmal malformationembolizationn-BCA = n-butyl cyanoacrylatesurgical techniquevascular disordersvascular malformationvein of Galen aneurysmal malformationventricular pacingRelated Concept Videos
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