Transvenous left atrial and left ventricular pacing in Ebstein's anomaly with severe interatrial conduction block

Citation
S. Garrigue et al., Transvenous left atrial and left ventricular pacing in Ebstein's anomaly with severe interatrial conduction block, PACE, 24(6), 2001, pp. 1032-1035
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01478389 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1032 - 1035
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(200106)24:6<1032:TLAALV>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The implantation of permanent pacemakers in patients with congenital heart disease can be challenging. This report describes the complexity of pacemak er implantation in a patient with Ebstein's disease, tricuspid valve replac ement, and right atrial abnormalities like severe intra- and interatrial co nduction block that prevented dual chamber pacing from conventional sites. This case illustrates the promising possibility to circumvent the interatri al conduction block with single left atrial pacing instead of biatrial paci ng which was not suitable here.