左室心外膜下心筋ペーシングは、直接的な左脚ブロック捕捉と同様の左室同期および仕事効率を提供する
Lukas Poviser1, Petr Stros1, Zachary Whinnett2
1Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.
Heart rhythm
|January 9, 2026
まとめ
左中隔心筋ペーシング(LVSeP)は、心臓再同期療法(CRT)候補者において、左脚ブロックペーシング(LBBP)と比較して同等の電気的同期および血行動態反応を維持する。これは、直接的なLBB捕捉が困難な場合にLVSePが実行可能な代替手段であることを示唆している。
科学分野:
- 心臓病学
- 電気生理学
- 医療機器
背景:
- 左中隔心筋ペーシング(LVSP)は、左脚(LBB)捕捉が困難な領域または左室心外膜下の位置へのペーシングを含む。
- 左室心外膜下ペーシング(LVSeP)は、減少出力ペーシング中に、LBBPからの移行が観察された場合に発生する。
研究 の 目的:
- LBBPとLVSeP間の電気的室同期および急性血行動態反応を比較すること。
- 心臓再同期療法(CRT)における代替ペーシング戦略としてのLVSePの有効性を評価すること。
主な方法:
- 減少出力ペーシング中に非選択的LBBP(nsLBBP)からLVSePに移行した連続的なCRT患者を登録した。
- 高周波心電図(UHF-ECG)を用いて心室不整同步を評価し、侵襲的収縮期血圧測定により急性血行動態反応を評価した。
- 両方のペーシングモード中に左室中隔の侵襲的心内心電図マッピングを実施した。
主要な成果:
- LVSePとLBBPの間でQRS幅(QRSd)に有意差はなかった(159 ± 18 ms vs. 151 ± 15 ms)。
- LVSePはLBBPと比較して、V6RWPTおよびペーシング後の等電期間隔が長かったが、LV同期(14 ± 5 ms vs. 16 ± 6 ms)および収縮期血圧(121 ± 18 mmHg vs. 122 ± 17 mmHg)は同等であった。
- 心内心電図マッピングにより、LVSePとLBBPの両方がHis-Purkinje系を介して左室中隔を活性化することが示された。
結論:
- LVSePは、CRT候補者において、直接的なLBBPと同様に左室同期および急性血行動態反応を維持する。
- LVSePは、直接的なLBBPが実現不可能な場合の潜在的に効果的な代替ペーシング戦略を表す。
- 様々な左中隔ペーシング技術間の違いを解明するためには、さらなる研究が必要である。
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