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Balloon Occlusion Technique to Cannulate Angulated and Tortuous Coronary Sinus Branches in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Author(s) -
MEADE THOMAS H.,
LOPEZ J. ALBERTO
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.1540-8159.2005.50212.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , balloon , occlusion , radiology , heart failure , ejection fraction
We present two cases that demonstrate a new technique to cannulate angulated and tortuous coronary sinus branches during left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy. The technique uses an occlusive pulmonary artery balloon just beyond the takeoff of the coronary sinus branch to assist in the cannulation of the branch.