title: Double wire technique to catheterize sharply angulated coronary sinus branches in cardiac resynchronization therapy.
abstract: Placing a pacing lead for left ventricular pacing through the coronary sinus can be hampered by anatomic obstacles. In this case report we describe a technique that can overcome the problem of sharply angulated coronary sinus branches by using simultaneously two guidewires in the target vessel.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gian-Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Chierchia
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geelen
authors.forename: Maximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivero-Ayerza
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*