Completely epicardial implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator using a minimal invasive approach

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Feb;62(1):70-2. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1331040. Epub 2012 Dec 6.

Abstract

We report the case of a successful completely epicardial implantation of a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator using a minimal invasive approach in a 55-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and a history of three cardiac surgical procedures of the aortic root, the ascending aorta and the aortic arch. Due to a chronic Q fever the patient was regarded unsuitable for a transvenous implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices*
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardium / physiopathology
  • Pericardium / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Radiography
  • Thoracotomy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*