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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Left Ventricular Pacing via a Posterior Cardiac Vein After Mechanical Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
WINTER JOACHIM,
GRAMSCHZABEL HILDEGARD,
FÜRST GÜNTHER,
KOCH JENSALBRECHT,
ZIMMERMANN NORBERT,
GAMS EMMERAN
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00125.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stylet , cardiology , thoracotomy , cephalic vein , tricuspid valve , vein , surgery , mechanical valve
WINTER, J., et al. : Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Left Ventricular Pacing via a Posterior Cardiac Vein After Mechanical Tricuspid Valve Replacement. Permanent cardiac pacing was recommended in a 66‐year‐old woman with mechanical prosthetic mitral and tricuspid valves. To avoid a thoracotomy, a conventional endocardial lead was inserted with a steerable stylet (Locator) into the posterior cardiac vein via the right cephalic vein. Four weeks later, lead dislodgement required reoperation. The lead position remained stable up to 29 months.