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Yoda, M., Hansky, B., Schulte-Eistrup, S., Koerfer, R. and Minami, K. (2005) Left Ventricular Pacing through the Anterior Interventricular Vein in a Patient with Mechanical Tricuspid, Aortic and Mitral Valves. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 80, 328-330.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.041

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• TITLE: Left Ventricular Pacing in a Patient with a Mechanical Tricuspid Prosthesis and High Surgical Risk

  AUTHORS: Sergio Conti, Claudio Liotta, Alfredo Virgilio, Corrado Tamburino, Valeria Calvi

  KEYWORDS: Pacemaker, Tricuspid Valve, Prosthesis

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.4 No.12, November 6, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Transvenous endocardial pacemaker (PM) implantation is contraindicated in patients with a mechanical tricuspid prosthesis. These patients usually undergo epicardial lead implantation. This case shows the implant of left ventricular (LV) pacing lead through the coronary sinus (CS) in a patient with high surgical risk. A 77-year-old woman with slow atrial fibrillation, left anterior hemi-block and right bundle brunch block, who previously underwent surgical replacement of the mitral and tricuspid valves, was admitted for PM implantation. After 1 month, all the electric parameters were stable. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Italian case reported of LV pacing in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid prosthesis. The use of LV pacing leads implanted through the CS provides a minimal invasive, safe and effective strategy of pacing in patients with a mechanical tricuspid prosthesis.