title: Robotically assisted left ventricular epicardial lead implantation for biventricular pacing: the posterior approach.
abstract: Patients with congestive heart failure and altered interventricular conduction enjoy improvements in quality of life and ventricular function after successful resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacing. Technical limitations owing to individual coronary sinus and coronary venous anatomy result in a 10% to 15% failure rate of left ventricular (LV) lead placement through percutaneous approaches. To provide a minimally invasive option for these patients with LV lead failures, we developed a technique of endoscopic, epicardial LV lead implantation with the use of the da Vinci robotic system. The surgical approach targets the posterolateral wall through a novel posterior approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA. jjd11@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Derose
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belsley
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Swistel
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012371:Robotics; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*