Skip Navigation


Europace Advance Access originally published online on August 17, 2007
Europace 2007 9(11):1038-1040; doi:10.1093/europace/eum176
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
9/11/1038    most recent
eum176v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Nuta, B.
Right arrow Articles by Haywood, G. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Nuta, B.
Right arrow Articles by Haywood, G. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The European Society of Cardiology 2007. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY

Biventricular ICD implant using endocardial LV lead placement from the left subclavian vein approach and transseptal puncture via the transfemoral route

Bogdan Nuta*, Ian Lines, Inga MacIntyre and Guy A. Haywood

South West Cardiothoracic Centre, Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Derriford Road, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK

We present the case of a 72 years old diabetic male patient with severe dilated ischaemic cardiomyopathy and New York Heart Association functional class III symptoms and previous unsuccessful attempts to cardiac resynchronization therapy using the conventional epicardial left ventricular (LV) pacing through the coronary sinus. He also had an indication for ICD implantation. We successfully implanted a biventricular ICD system from the standard left subclavian vein approach using endocardial placement of the LV lead via a transfemorally performed transeptal puncture. This technique offered him a suitable alternative to either a thoracoscopic LV lead placement (not routinely performed in our centre) or a high-risk thoracotomy procedure and multisite pacing using epicardial leads.

Key Words: Cardiac resynchronization, implantable cardiac defibrillators, transeptal puncture, endocardial lead placement

* Corresponding author. Tel/fax: +44 156 677 9429. E-mail address: bnuta{at}doctors.org.uk

Manuscript submitted 29 April 2007. Accepted after revision 20 July 2007.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 EuropaceHome page
I. Kassai, C. Foldesi, A. Szekely, and T. Szili-Torok
New method for cardiac resynchronization therapy: transapical endocardial lead implantation for left ventricular free wall pacing
Europace, July 1, 2008; 10(7): 882 - 883.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.