Left ventricular guidewire pacing for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Dec 1;82(7):E919-21. doi: 10.1002/ccd.24474. Epub 2013 Mar 8.

Abstract

Previous reports prove the safety and efficacy of cardiac pacing employing a guidewire in the left ventricle as unipolar pacing electrode. We describe the use of left ventricular guidewire pacing as an alternative to conventional transvenous temporary right ventricular pacing in the context of transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Keywords: aortic stenosis; balloon valvuloplasty; cardiac pacing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Function, Left*