Open AccessThe first reported case of a transvenous left ventricular pacing lead of cardiac resynchronization therapy causing aggravation of coronary atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Akinori Sato,
Yuki Hasegawa,
Tohru Minamino
Publication year - 2016
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/euw097
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , coronary vein , heart failure , lead (geology) , ventricular pacing , coronary sinus , ejection fraction , geology , geomorphology
A 64-year-old male suffering from severe heart failure underwent implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) 3 years ago. The tip of the bipolar left ventricular (LV) lead was pushed and wedged into a small branch of the coronary vein at the …
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