Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic left ventricular epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-292

  Matsuno, Yukihiro ^a   Mori, Yoshio ^a   Umeda, Yukio ^a   Imaizumi, Matsuhisa ^a   Takiya, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Persistent left superior vena cava; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LEAD; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 48449091194     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1051-z     Document Type: Article

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