title: A new technique for the transvenous implantation of the over-the-wire left ventricular pacing lead in a patient with heart failure.
abstract: Implantation of left ventricular leads (LV) for biventricular pacing remains a technological challenge and failure of the procedure is not uncommon. We described a 58 year-old patient with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay where difficulty is encountered when cannulating the coronary sinus by the guiding catheter. By placing a guiding catheter in the inferior portion of the right atrium, a coronary guidewire, preloaded with an over-the-wire lead system, was used to reach the lateral cardiac vein. This may help to reduce the implant failure rate and avoid other more invasive means of LV lead implantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. cmyua@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: Cheuk-Man
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miu
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left