Lead configuration for defibrillator implantation in a patient with congenital heart disease and a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid valve

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2001 Aug;24(8 Pt 1):1291-2. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01291.x.

Abstract

The authors devised a nonthoracotomy defibrillation system for a patient with a prosthetic tricuspid valve using existing technology and previously established implantation techniques. Their lead configuration deviates substantially from existing designs in its primary use of a coronary sinus defibrillation coil and a left-sided subcutaneous array to distribute current across the ventricular myocardium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / complications
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Tricuspid Valve*