Transjugular Leadless Pacemaker in a Preschool Child With Nickel-Titanium Allergy
Yang Liu, Yao Lin, Hongmao Wang, Wei Li, Mingming Zhang, Yanjun Deng, Jing Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Linyi Li, He Jiang, Lin Shi · 2026
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Yang Liu and colleagues report, in a 2026 case, a 4-year-old child with complete heart block and a confirmed allergy to the metals in pacemaker casings. The child finally received a working device after three failed standard implants. Each failure was undone by poor wound healing and skin breakdown over the pocket. Skin patch testing confirmed the metal allergy.
A leadless single-chamber pacemaker, a capsule-sized device that sits inside the heart with no wires or pocket, was placed through the right internal jugular vein in the neck. Leadless devices are rarely used in small children, and no standard route existed for metal-allergic ones. The successful neck route gives pediatric teams a technical pathway for this high-risk corner case.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yang Liu, Yao Lin, Hongmao Wang, Wei Li, Mingming Zhang, Yanjun Deng, Jing Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Linyi Li, He Jiang, Lin Shi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |