Usefulness of temporary left ventricular pacing through the coronary sinus as an adjunct to transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention.
In 10 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention involving the right coronary artery, a new procedure for adjunctive temporary transfemoral pacing of the left ventricle through the coronary sinus was tested. The procedure was successful in 8 of 10 patients and could be performed in <5 minutes by experienced operators and supervised cardiology fellows.
McNulty
Patrick H
PH
Division of Cardiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. pmcnulty@psu.edu
Rice
Keith S
KS
Saraiya
Rakesh B
RB
McCann
Jennifer
J
Ettinger
Steven M
SM
Gilchrist
Ian C
IC
Kozak
Mark
M
Chambers
Charles E
CE
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors