Alternative sites of ventricular pacing: His bundle pacing

Rapid reversal of right ventricular pacing–induced cardiomyopathy by His bundle pacing

Case report A 78-year-old woman with hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated with pulmonary vein isolation 4 years prior, and normal biventricular systolic function presented with symptomatic high-grade heart block with junctional escape rhythm and QRS duration of 84 ms (Figure 1A). She underwent dual-chamber pacemaker implantation with apical RV lead placement and resolution of he...

His Bundle Pacing: Techniques and Outcomes.

Traditional right ventricular pacing prolongs the electrical and mechanical activation of the heart, which reduces the pump function, and in selected patients may lead to pacing-induced heart failure. Pacing the His bundle preserves the normal or near-normal activation pattern of the ventricles that prevents the detrimental effects of right ventricular pacing. This review discusses the techniqu...

The Alternative Atrial Pacing Sites

The potential and reality of permanent his bundle pacing.

Right ventricular apex pacing can have deleterious effects. Our aims were to investigate how many patients referred for permanent pacing were suitable candidates for permanent His bundle pacing, and to determine the proportion in whom such pacing was successful. All cases of suprahisian block and most cases of infrahisian block (71.4%) were corrected by temporary His bundle pacing. However, per...

Successful resynchronization by permanent His-bundle pacing in a patient with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy

Right ventricular (RV) pacing has been reported to result in ventricular dyssynchrony, heart failure, and increased mortality. Pacing associated deterioration of left ventricular (LV) systolic function has been termed pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM). While upgrading to biventricular pacing (BiVP) is an effective therapy for PICM, permanent His-bundle pacing (HBP) can be a physiological alt...