Necessity of Temporary Epicardial Pacing Wires After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease Monika Chauhan, MBBS, Elizabeth Prentice, DO, Marwan Zidan, PhD, Henry L. Walters, MD, Ralph E. Delius, MD, Christopher W. Mastropietro, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 6, Pages 2148-2153 (June 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.020 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study population. Gray boxes comprise the 50 patients in whom wires were considered helpful postoperatively. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 2148-2153DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.020) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Indications for use of temporary epicardial pacing wires. Wires were used for diagnostic purposes (white), therapeutic purposes (black), or both (gray). (brady = bradyarrythmia; CHB = complete heart block; CO = cardiac output; JET = junctional ectopic tachycardia; SVT = supraventricular tachycardia.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 2148-2153DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.020) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions