Longitudinally partitioned coronary sinus: an unusual anomaly of the coronary venous system.
We report a case of a patient with advanced heart failure who had a longitudinally partitioned coronary sinus. With multidirectional fluoroscopic views and a careful approach to the target lumen, a left ventricular lead for biventricular pacing was placed successfully in the left marginal vein.
Tada
Hiroshi
H
Division of Cardiology, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0004, Japan. tada.h@cvc.pref.gunma.jp
Ito
Sachiko
S
Naito
Shigeto
S
Oshima
Shigeru
S
Taniguchi
Koichi
K
D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male