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Use of the Retained Guidewire Technique Facilitates Left Ventricular Epicardial Capture During Biventricular Defibrillator Implantation
Author(s) -
SHERZER ALEX I.,
FEIGENBLUM DAVID Y.,
PINA JACQUELINE W.,
SALKA KELLY A.,
SIMONS GRANT R.
Publication year - 2007
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.1540-8159.2007.00687.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , stenosis , ventricular fibrillation
We report a case of biventricular implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) insertion in which standard lead placement techniques could not achieve left ventricular capture. Protrusion of the guidewire beyond a venous stenosis provided adequate left ventricular capture.