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Combined Use of Transesophageal ECHO and Fluoroscopy for the Placement of Left Ventricular Pacing Leads via the Coronary Sinus
Author(s) -
BASHIR JAMIL G.,
FRANK G.,
TYERS O.,
LAMPA MARTIN,
YAMAOKA RANDI
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.1460-9592.2003.00301.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , cardiology , fluoroscopy , coronary vein , heart failure , great cardiac vein , cardiac resynchronization therapy , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , radiology , ejection fraction , psychology , developmental psychology
Biventricular pacing is an emerging technology for treatment of congestive heart failure. Left ventricular leads are most commonly placed through the coronary sinus (CS) into an epicardial coronary vein. Cannulation of the CS can be difficult and standard guiding catheters have a tendency to displace during lead advancement. This study found that transesophageal echocardiography facilitated CS cannulation in complex cases requiring antecedent lead extraction. (PACE 2003; 26:1951–1954)