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Double Wire Technique to Catheterize Sharply Angulated Coronary Sinus Branches in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Author(s) -
CHIERCHIA GIANBATTISTA,
GEELEN PETER,
RIVEROAYERZA MAXIMO,
BRUGADA PEDRO
Publication year - 2005
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.1540-8159.2005.04037.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , sinus (botany) , heart failure , ejection fraction , botany , biology , genus
Placing a pacing lead for left ventricular pacing through the coronary sinus can be hampered by anatomic obstacles. In this case report we describe a technique that can overcome the problem of sharply angulated coronary sinus branches by using simultaneously two guidewires in the target vessel.