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A New Single Chamber Implantable Defibrillator with Atrial Sensing: A Practical Demonstration of Sensing and Ease of Implantation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Transatrial dual chamber biventricular pacemaker-defibrillator placement in a patient with SVC obstruction
Bradley B Pua1, Paul C Saunders, Angelo Lapietra
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10028, USA.
Abstract:
A patient with severe congestive heart failure and obstruction of the superior vena cava required biventricular pacing and ICD therapy. Via right minithoracotomy, a transatrial approach for lead placement was successfully utilized to provide cardiac resynchronization and ICD placement. This technique for pacing lead placement is reviewed and its application for biventricular pacemaker-defibrillator placement is reported.
