| Coronary vein balloon angioplasty for left ventricular pacemaker lead implantation. | |
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PMID: 12505227 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: Retrospective analysis of five cases of coronary vein balloon angioplasty performed to allow insertion of left ventricular pacing leads. BACKGROUND: Coronary vein stenoses or an insufficient vessel caliber can preclude transvenous placement of coronary vein leads. METHODS: We compared our total patient population (n = 218), in whom we implanted coronary vein leads, to those five patients who required coronary vein angioplasty to allow lead placement. Standard over-the-wire coronary artery balloon angioplasty catheters were used to dilate the vessel to 2.5 mm (n = 3) or 3.5 mm (n = 2). RESULTS: Transvenous lead placement succeeds in >99% of patients. Four cases of target vein stenoses and one case of a vein of insufficient caliber were successfully treated by balloon angioplasty. There were no complications. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary vein angioplasty is an effective and safe technique to permit transvenous left ventricular pacing lead insertion in cases of target vein stenoses or insufficient target vein caliber. |
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Authors:
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Bert Hansky; Barbara Lamp; Kazutomo Minami; Johannes Heintze; Leon Krater; Dieter Horstkotte; Reiner Koerfer; Jürgen Vogt |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 40 ISSN: 0735-1097 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 2002 Dec |
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Created Date: 2002-12-30 Completed Date: 2003-02-14 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2144-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. bhansky@hdz-nrw.de |
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Aged Angioplasty, Balloon* Coronary Vessels* Defibrillators, Implantable* Female Heart Failure / therapy Humans Male Middle Aged Pacemaker, Artificial* Retrospective Studies Ventricular Function, Left / physiology |
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