Abstract
In the past, patients requiring permanent pacing with difficult right ventricular (RV) access were usually subjected to epicardial pacing by a surgical approach. This report describes a young patient with univentricular physiology following repeated palliative surgery for complex congenital heart disease. The patient had symptomatic complete heart block and a dual chamber pacemaker with transvenous atrial and ventricular leads was implanted successfully. The ventricle was paced through the posterolateral cardiac vein with a lead specially designed for cardiac resynchronization therapy. This case illustrates an extended application of the recently developed coronary sinus lead in selected patients, when conventional RV endocardial pacing is impossible.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 147-150 |
Journal | Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
- Coronary Vessels/physiopathology
- Female
- Heart Block/etiology
- Heart Block/physiopathology
- Heart Block/therapy
- Heart Defects, Congenital/complications
- Heart Defects, Congenital/physiopathology
- Humans
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Prosthesis Implantation/methods
- Sinoatrial Node/physiopathology