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.
Division of Cardiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. pmcnulty@psu.edu
Patrick H
PH
McNulty
Keith S
KS
Rice
Rakesh B
RB
Saraiya
Jennifer
J
McCann
Steven M
SM
Ettinger
Ian C
IC
Gilchrist
Mark
M
Kozak
Charles E
CE
Chambers
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