title: Permanent ventricular pacing via a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis and complete atrioventricular block.
abstract: In the presence of an artificial tricuspid valve, permanent pacing is generally achieved with an epimyocardial approach. This report describes the implantation of a dedicated pacing electrode in a low posterolateral cardiac vein in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid, mitral and aortic valve in whom an epimyocardial lead and pacemaker generator had to be removed because of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Kerpel
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duytschaever
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavernier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology