title: Implantation of a single chamber pacemaker in patients with triple mechanical valve prosthesis: utilization of coronary sinus distal branches to stimulate the left ventricle.
abstract: The implantation of a permanent pacemaker and its relative leads is still a challenge in patients with mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis. The implant is usually performed epicardially or during valve replacement to avoid any damage to the valve and/or early damages to the lead. We describe the case of a patient with a tricuspid valve prosthesis implanted with a permanent single-chamber pacemaker using an endocardial lead positioned in a distal branch of the coronary sinus to stimulate the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi e Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy. acurni@tin.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curnis
authors.forename: Giosuè
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mascioli
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bianchetti
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bontempi
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marconi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Aloia
authors.forename: Cas Livio
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dei
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014261:Tricuspid Valve