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Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an Asynchronous Heart Failure Model Induced by Left Bundle Branch Ablation and Rapid Pacing
Published on: December 11, 2017
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy versus dual site right ventricular pacing in a patient with permanent pacemaker and
Oruganti Sai Satish1, Kuan-Hung Yeh, Ming-Shien Wen
1Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract:
A 46-year-old male patient who had long-term right ventricular (RV) pacing for symptomatic complete heart block, initially by an epicardial, later with an endocardial pacing lead at the RV apex, developed congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic atrial fibrillation 7 years following the pacemaker implantation and was medically treated. During follow-up, his pacemaker was upgraded to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) device, because of uncontrolled CHF symptoms, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class IV, while on drugs. The patient's symptomatic status improved to NYHA functional class II with CRT. After 17 months of CRT, the battery became depleted, because of the high capture threshold of the left ventricular lead. The patient was then given dual site RV pacing (RV outflow tract+RV apex) in place of CRT, which showed similar efficacy at 12 weeks follow-up.
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