Permanent ventricular pacing via a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis and complete atrioventricular block

DE KERPEL, Filip; DUYTSCHAEVER, Mattias; TAVERNIER, Rene

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Title: Permanent ventricular pacing via a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis and complete atrioventricular block
Author(s): DE KERPEL, Filip , DUYTSCHAEVER, Mattias , TAVERNIER, Rene
Journal: Acta Cardiologica
Volume: 59 Issue: 5 Date: October 2004
Pages: 565-567
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.5.2005233

Abstract :
In the presence of an artificial tricuspid valve, permanent pacing is generally achieved with an epimyocardial approach. This report describes the implantation of a dedicated pacing electrode in a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid, mitral and aortic valve in whom an epimyocardial lead and pacemaker generator had to be removed because of infection.