Epicardial CRT-D in a Pacing Dependant Patient Without Transvenous Options

Hariharan Sugumar; George Matalanis; Liam Toner; David O'Donnell

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2016.12.013

Epicardial CRT-D in a Pacing Dependant Patient Without Transvenous Options

Heart Lung Circ. 2017 Aug;26(8):e48-e49. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.12.013. Epub 2017 Feb 11.

Authors

Hariharan Sugumar¹, George Matalanis², Liam Toner³, David O'Donnell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada. Electronic address: hsugumar@yahoo.com.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Warringal Private Hospital, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia.
³ Department of Cardiology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Heart Care Victoria, Warringal Private Hospital, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia.

PMID: 28242289
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.12.013

Abstract

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is generally limited to transvenous techniques especially in pacing-dependant patients. We describe a novel case in which an epicardial CRT-D system was successfully implanted with a two-year follow-up in a pacing-dependant patient.

Keywords: CRTD; Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; Defibrillator; Device infection; Venous stenosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium* / diagnostic imaging
Pericardium* / physiopathology