Leadless pacemaker use in a patient with a durable left ventricular assist device

Alex M Parker; Juan R Vilaro; Juan M Aranda Jr; Mohammad Al-Ani; Phillip George Jr; Mustafa M Ahmed

doi:10.1111/pace.13937

Leadless pacemaker use in a patient with a durable left ventricular assist device

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;43(9):1048-1050. doi: 10.1111/pace.13937. Epub 2020 May 27.

Authors

Alex M Parker¹, Juan R Vilaro¹, Juan M Aranda Jr¹, Mohammad Al-Ani¹, Phillip George Jr¹, Mustafa M Ahmed¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida Academic Health Center, Gainesville, Florida.

PMID: 32394443
DOI: 10.1111/pace.13937

Abstract

There is limited known safety and efficacy of leadless pacemaker device use in patients with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). We present a case of a pacemaker-dependent LVAD patient with infection of permanent transvenous pacemaker who underwent successful implantation of Micra transcatheter pacing system (Medtronic).

Keywords: congestive heart failure; electrophysiology-basic; new technology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies / therapy*
Heart Block / diagnostic imaging
Heart Block / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Prosthesis Design