Useful tip to improve electrode positioning in markedly angulated coronary sinus tributaries.
The anatomic variability of the cardiac veins limits the feasibility of cardiac resynchronization therapy. This report describes another way to position the pacemaker electrode in sharply angulated coronary sinus branches.
Department of Cardiology, Imeldaziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium. philippe.debruyne@skynet.be
Philippe
P
Debruyne
Peter
P
Geelen
Luc
L
Janssens
Pedro
P
Brugada
D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation