Double wire technique to catheterize sharply angulated coronary sinus branches in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Gian-Battista Chierchia; Peter Geelen; Maximo Rivero-Ayerza; Pedro Brugada

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.04037.x

Double wire technique to catheterize sharply angulated coronary sinus branches in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005 Feb;28(2):168-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.04037.x.

Authors

Gian-Battista Chierchia¹, Peter Geelen, Maximo Rivero-Ayerza, Pedro Brugada

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.

PMID: 15679650
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.04037.x

Abstract

Placing a pacing lead for left ventricular pacing through the coronary sinus can be hampered by anatomic obstacles. In this case report we describe a technique that can overcome the problem of sharply angulated coronary sinus branches by using simultaneously two guidewires in the target vessel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
Coronary Vessels / anatomy & histology*
Electrodes, Implanted
Heart Failure / complications
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Male
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*