A case of coronary venous angioplasty to facilitate left ventricular lead placement

Stefan A J Timmer; Johannes B R M de Swart; Giovanni J M Tahapary

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1893

A case of coronary venous angioplasty to facilitate left ventricular lead placement

Clin Case Rep. 2018 Oct 26;6(12):2431-2433. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1893. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Stefan A J Timmer¹, Johannes B R M de Swart¹, Giovanni J M Tahapary¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology North-West Hospital Group Alkmaar The Netherlands.

Abstract

Coronary venous stenosis is an uncommon finding in patients referred for cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation. Nonetheless, it may result in suboptimal lead positioning for chronic left ventricular (LV) pacing. Coronary venous angioplasty is a technique that can be performed relatively easily and safely to enable LV lead passage beyond a stenosis.

Keywords: Stenosis; cardiac resynchronization therapy; percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports