title: Balloon occlusion technique to cannulate angulated and tortuous coronary sinus branches in cardiac resynchronization therapy.
abstract: We present two cases that demonstrate a new technique to cannulate angulated and tortuous coronary sinus branches during left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy. The technique uses an occlusive pulmonary artery balloon just beyond the takeoff of the coronary sinus branch to assist in the cannulation of the branch.
authors.affiliation: Scott & White Clinic, Texas A&M College of Medicine, College Station, Texas 77840, USA. tmeade@swmail.sw.org
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: J Alberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000601:surgery