title: Efficacy and safety of permanent cardiac DDD pacing with contemporaneous double spinal cord stimulation.
abstract: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is currently used to treat peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and refractory angina pectoris not amenable to revascularization. In a case of contemporaneous SCS implant and permanent cardiac pacemaker (PPM), if multipolar electrodes are used it is possible to avoid any interference between the systems. We describe the case of a patient with a DDD pacemaker, in whom two bipolar SCSs were implanted at different times: one to control refractory angina pectoris and the other for PVD. No interference between the three systems has been observed.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Santa Corona, Garbagnate Milanese, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brusa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grieco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zucco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allaria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord