Unsuccessful left ventricular lead implantation in two first-degree relatives. Is the coronary venous anatomy similar in both cases? | Zendy

Andrzej Przybylski | Zendy; Artur Oręziak | Zendy; Paweł Kwiatek | Zendy; Ilona Michałowska | Zendy; Andrzej Hasiec | Zendy; Ewa Szufladowicz | Zendy

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Unsuccessful left ventricular lead implantation in two first-degree relatives. Is the coronary venous anatomy similar in both cases?

Author(s) -

Andrzej Przybylski,

Artur Oręziak,

Paweł Kwiatek,

Ilona Michałowska,

Andrzej Hasiec,

Ewa Szufladowicz

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eup280

Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , coronary anatomy , cardiology , anatomy , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction

We reported on two unsuccessful implantations of the left ventricular lead in two first-degree relatives due to inability to cannulate the coronary sinus (CS). The anatomy of the coronary venous system investigated by means of dual source computed tomography showed several similarities in both patients: narrowing of the proximal part of CS and a small number of CS tributaries.

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