Voltage mapping to guide pacemaker placement in patients with CHD

Cardiol Young. 2019 Oct;29(10):1313-1316. doi: 10.1017/S1047951119002166. Epub 2019 Sep 2.

Abstract

Transvenous pacemaker implantation for sinus node dysfunction in patients with Fontan palliation presents the difficulty of finding suitable pacing tissue and the potential of causing vascular obstruction in a low-flow circuit. We describe a patient who underwent electro-anatomic voltage mapping to guide a transvenous single chamber lead within her Fontan baffle. This highlights the use of advanced mapping technologies for pacemaker implantation in complex cyanotic heart disease.

Keywords: Fontan; Pacemaker; epicardial; transvenous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods*
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Fontan Procedure
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Sinoatrial Node / physiopathology*
  • Young Adult