Europace Advance Access published online on May 15, 2007
Europace, doi:10.1093/europace/eum073
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CASE REPORT
Coronary sinus spasm during left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacing
Vincenzo Russo1,*,
Ilaria De Crescenzo1,
Ernesto Ammendola1,
Ciro Cavallaro2,
Lucio Santangelo1 and
Raffaele Calabrò1
1 Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy;
2 Division of Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
The authors present a case of coronary sinus spasm during left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacing relieved by direct infusion of nitroglycerin.
Key Words: Coronary sinus spasm, CRT, Biventricular pacing, Left ventricular lead, Nitroglycerin
* Corresponding author. Tel: +39(0) 3396354844. E-mail address: v.p.russo{at}libero.it

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