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Remarkable Series of Heart Transplants Offers Hope to Those Who Wait
North American Pediatric Heart-Assist Record Broken at Packard Children’s Hospital
Single, Marathon Surgery May Be Best for Infants with Complex Heart Defect
 
   
 

Pacemakers


Pacemaker implantation is another area of particular expertise and experience. Because pacing children presents a unique set of challenges, we are working together with the manufacturers of pacemakers to refine the devices and make them more appropriate for children.

We operate one of the few exclusively pediatric clinics for follow-up of children with implanted pacemakers in Northern California. Pacemaker programming is often very different in children compared with adults, and special expertise is available at Packard Children's Hospital. Directed by Debra Hanisch, RN, we follow more than 40 children with pacemakers and ICDs, some of whom are as young as several months of age.

Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators

At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, our team specializes in implanting tiny devices that monitor the heart beat and give a slight shock to the heart when it starts beating irregularly, thus getting the heart back into its rhythm.

Learn more about our Arrythmia Services.










Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.


Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000


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