title: Cardiac resynchronization therapy using a VDD lead.
abstract: In heart failure patients with normal sinus node function, cardiac resynchronization therapy can be achieved with only two leads, one VDD type, and one left ventricular. This reduces the number of venous punctures, implanted leads, and possibly operation and fluoroscopic times and complication rates. We present two cases and discuss the advantages and limits of such a procedure.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Universitaire Dupuytren, Limoges, France. christophe.divernois@chu-limoges.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Ivernois
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome