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Subtotal Innominate Vein Occlusion After Unsuccessful Pacemaker Implantation for Resynchronization Therapy
Author(s) -
VAN PUTTE BART P.,
BAKKER PATRICIA F.A.
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.1540-8159.2004.00681.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , coronary sinus , cardiology , coronary vein , occlusion , surgery , vein , heart failure , ventricular dyssynchrony , ejection fraction
Cardiac resynchronization therapy is increasingly used to treat patients with poor left ventricular function and asynchronous left ventricular contraction. Generally, a transvenous approach is used for implantation of pacing leads. However, coronary sinus lead implantation may be associated with various problems that may result in abandoning of the procedure. In this report a patient is described with subtotal innominate vein occlusion after such a procedure who underwent video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for implantation of epicardial left ventricular pacemaker leads for resynchronization therapy.