Coronary sinus stenting for stabilizing a difficult quadripolar left ventricular lead

Lead related complications in quadripolar versus bipolar left ventricular leads

BACKGROUND Quadripolar left ventricular (LV) leads are capable of pacing from four different electrodes which allows for easier and more stable intra-operative lead positioning with optimal pacing parameters. We therefore investigated the rate of combined intra-operative and post-operative LV lead related events in quadripolar vs. bipolar LV lead cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) recipien...

Surgical epicardial left ventricular lead versus coronary sinus lead placement in biventricular pacing.

OBJECTIVE Biventricular pacing has demonstrated improvement in cardiac function in treating congestive heart failure (CHF). Two different operative strategies (coronary sinus vs. epicardial stimulation) for left ventricular (LV) pacing were compared. METHODS Since April 1999, a total of 86 patients (pts, age: 63+/-10 years) with depressed systolic LV function (mean ejection fraction 24+/-9%),...

Coronary sinus and subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm.

Intentional anodal capture of a left ventricular quadripolar lead enhances resynchronization equally with multipoint pacing

Figure 1 Changes in the 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) during biventricular pacing with different left ventricular (LV) pacing configurations. A: Extended bipolar pacing between LV1 and right ventricular coil. B: Extended bipolar pacing between LV4 and right ventricular coil. C: LV bipolar pacing between LV1 (anode) and LV4 (cathode) with an output of 4.0 V/0.4 ms. The similar morphology to ...

Acute haemodynamic comparison of multisite and biventricular pacing with a quadripolar left ventricular lead.

AIMS Pacing from multiple sites in the left ventricle (LV) may bring about further resynchronization of the diseased heart compared with biventricular (BiV) pacing. We compared acute haemodynamic response (LV dP/dtmax) of multisite and BiV pacing using a quadripolar LV lead. METHODS AND RESULTS In 21 patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy, a quadripolar LV lead and conventional ...