Permanent ventricular pacing via a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis and complete atrioventricular block

Acta Cardiol. 2004 Oct;59(5):565-7. doi: 10.2143/AC.59.5.2005233.

Abstract

In the presence of an artificial tricuspid valve, permanent pacing is generally achieved with an epimyocardial approach. This report describes the implantation of a dedicated pacing electrode in a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid, mitral and aortic valve in whom an epimyocardial lead and pacemaker generator had to be removed because of infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Balloon Occlusion
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Female
  • Heart Block
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Tricuspid Valve / pathology*
  • Ventricular Function, Left / physiology