Permanent left ventricular pacing from the great cardiac vein of a patient with artificial tricuspid and mitral valves - A case report
ANGIOLOGY, vol.51, no.12, pp.1027-1030, 2000 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 51 Issue: 12
- Publication Date: 2000
- Doi Number: 10.1177/000331970005101208
- Journal Name: ANGIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1027-1030
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Transvenous placement of a right ventricular pacemaker lead through the artificial tricuspid valve is a known contraindication, and in this situation, epicardial pacemaker implantation is the procedure of choice. However, permanent pacemaker implantation is a subject for debate when the use of the epicardial route is impossible. This report describes alternate transvenous routes for a pacemaker lead in a patient with an artificial tricuspid valve and mitral valve in whom the epicardial lead and pacemaker generator must be removed because of resistant infection.