[Cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy].

[Antitachycardia pacing efficacy significantly improves with cardiac resynchronization therapy].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on antitachycardia pacing still has to be determined. PATIENTS AND METHOD A total of 490 heart failure patients with an indication for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator participated in the VENTAK CHF/CONTAK CD study, a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. We compared antitachycardia pacing effic...

Challenges in cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator upgrade in a patient with right pneumonectomy.

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure

The weight of evidence supporting the routine use of cardiac resynchronization therapy, or atrial-synchronized biventricular pacing, as a treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe chronic systolic heart failure and ventricular dyssynchrony is now quite substantial. Results from mechanistic studies, observational evaluations, and randomized, controlled trials have consistently demonstrated ...

Necessary clarifications and minor corrections: Letter to the Editor regarding '2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy'.

Twiddling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: 'when length matters'.

We report on a 75-year-old woman who successfully underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy. Two weeks after implantation, right continuous pectoral stimulation appeared. Retraction and dislodgement of the right atrial and right ventricular leads as well as coiling of the three leads around the device generator were observed on chest radiography, but, surprisingly, the left ventricular lead r...

Impacted left ventricular lead technique in cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Left ventricular (LV) lead dislodgement is a significant problem in cardiac resynchronization therapy and re-operation is required to rectify the situation. In this case report, we describe a new technique to stabilize an LV lead which is prone to dislodgement by impacting an inactive LV lead in the same cardiac vein.