Open AccessLeft ventricular lead stabilization to retain cardiac resynchronization therapy at long term: when is it advisable?
Author(s) -
M. Biffi,
Matteo Bertini,
Matteo Ziacchi,
Igor Diemberger,
C Martignani,
Giuseppe Boriani
Publication year - 2013
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/eut300
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , coronary vein , lead (geology) , cardiology , vein , heart failure , adverse effect , retrospective cohort study , surgery , coronary sinus , ejection fraction , geology , geomorphology
Left ventricular (LV) lead dislodgement occurs in about 10.6% of patients in the first 12 months after cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation, and causes lack of clinical improvement, repeated surgery, and predisposes to infective complications and death. To understand the factors predictive of lead dislodgement, and to investigate whether bipolar LV lead stabilization can reduce the dislodgement rate and improve the clinical outcome.
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