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Implantation of a Biventricular Pacing System in a Patient with a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
PAULUSSEN GUIDO M.G.,
VAN GELDER BERRY M.
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00577.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , persistent left superior vena cava , ventricle , cardiology , transvenous pacing , superior vena cava , cardiac pacing , ventricular pacing , heart failure
The presence of a persistent left superior vena cava was encountered in a 64‐year‐old man undergoing implantation of a biventricular pacing system. Leads with active fixation were positioned in the right atrium and right ventricle, through the persistent left superior vena cava and the proximal segment of the coronary sinus. For left ventricular pacing, a standard bipolar lead was positioned directly in the posterior branch of the coronary sinus without the use of special guiding catheters. (PACE 2004; 27:1014–1016)