Concerns about the long-term outcome of transseptal cardiac resynchronization therapy: What we have learned from surgical experience

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-122

  Kassai, Imre ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^a  

^a Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABSCESS; CANNULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40349085876     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum255     Document Type: Letter

References (12)

1. Nuta B, Lines I, Macintyre I, Haywood GA. Biventricular ICD implant using endocardial LV lead placement from the left subclavian vein approach and transseptal puncture via the transfemoral route. Europace 2007; Europace Advance Access published August 17.
2. Gelder BM, Scheffer MG, Meijer A, Bracke FA. Transseptal endocardial left ventricular pacing: an alternative technique for coronary sinus lead placement in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Heart Rhythm 2007;4: 454-60.
3. Jaïs P, Takahashi A, Garrigue S, Yamane T, Hocini M, Shah DC et al. Mid-term follow-up of endocardial biventricular pacing. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2000;23:1744-7.
4. Baddour LM, Bettmann MA, Bolger AF, Epstein AE, Ferrieri P, Gerber MA et al. Nonvalvular cardiovascular device-related infections. Circulation 2003;108:2015-31.
5. Cabell CH, Heidenreich PA, Chu VH, Moore CM, Stryjewski ME, Corey GR et al. Increasing rates of cardiac device infections among medicare beneficiaries: 1990-1999. Am Heart J 2004;147:587-92.
6. Klug D, Balde M, Pavin D, Hidden-Lucet F, Clementy J, Sadoul N et al. Risk factors related to infections of implanted pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators: results of a large prospective study. Circulation 2007;116:1349-55.
7. Chang J-P, Chen M-C, Guo GB-F, Kao C-L. Less-invasive surgical extraction of problematic or infected permanent transvenous pacemaker system. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1250-54.
8. PLESSE investigators. Laser-assisted lead extraction: the European experience. Europace 2007;9: 651-6.
9. Heiro M, Helenius H, Hurme S, Savunen T, Engblom E, Nikoskelainen J et al. Short-term and one-year outcome of infective endocarditis in adult patients treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during 1980-2004. BMC Infect Dis 2007;7:1471-2334
10. Musci M, Siniawski H, Pasic M, Grauhan O, Weng Y, Meyer R et al. Surgical treatment of right-sided active infective endocarditis with or without involvement of the left heart: 20-year single center experience. Eur J Cardiothor Surg 2007;32:118-25.
11. Thuny F, Avierinos J-F, Tribouilloy C, Giorgi R, Casalta J-P, Milandre L et al. Impact of cerebrovascular complications on mortality and neurologic outcome during infective endocarditis: a prospective multicentre study. Eur Heart J 2007;28:1155-61.
12. Netzer ROM, Altwegg SC, Zollinger E, Täuber M, Carrel T, Seiler C. Infective endocarditis: determinants of long term outcome. Heart 2002;88:61-6.