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Successful Implantation of a Coronary Sinus Lead After Stenting of a Coronary Vein Stenosis
Author(s) -
VAN GELDER BERRY M.,
MEIJER ALBERT,
BASTING PETER,
HENDRIX GERT,
BRACKE FRANK A.
Publication year - 2003
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.1460-9592.2003.00289.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , lead (geology) , stenosis , coronary vein , cardiology , vein , surgery , geomorphology , geology
Dislodgment of the coronary sinus lead was observed in a 79‐year‐old patient 8 months after implantation of a biventricular pacing system. A severe stenosis in the posterolateral branch, in which the lead was previously positioned, prohibited reinsertion of the lead. Because no other branches with adequate anatomy for lead insertion were available in the targeted area, the stenosis was dilated and stented. Subsequently, the left ventricular lead could be reimplanted in the same vessel. (PACE 2003; 26:1904–1906)