title: Temporary epicardial pacing wire placement in totally endoscopic cardiac surgery.
abstract: Temporary epicardial pacing wire placement is a common procedure in cardiac surgery. However, it is difficult to perform in totally endoscopic cardiac surgery. We describe a simple new technique to place temporary epicardial pacing wires quickly and safely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoshen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China huangkeli@med.uestc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Keli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cardiac pacing; Endoscopy; Heart valve prosthesis implantation; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Pacemaker; Postoperative hemorrhage; artificial