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A permanent transvenous lead system for an implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. Nonthoracotomy approach to implantation.

Abstract：

:A transvenous lead system for implantable defibrillators would obviate a surgical thoracotomy and reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with implantation. We evaluated the clinical performance of a new nonthoracotomy lead system that included a defibrillation lead in the coronary sinus. At the time of defibrillator implantation, transvenous defibrillation leads were inserted percutaneously through the left subclavian vein into the right ventricular apex (RVA), superior vena cava (SVC), and distal coronary sinus (CS) under fluoroscopic guidance. A subcutaneous patch electrode (SQ) was also available if required. The first single- or dual-pathway electrode configuration that successfully terminated three of four ventricular fibrillation episodes using 18 J or less was implanted. Eleven men and three women aged 39-77 years (60.0 +/- 10.1 years) with left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 16% to 63% (33.4 +/- 13.1%) were evaluated. Nine presented with ventricular tachycardia, three had ventricular fibrillation, and two had both. A totally transvenous lead system (RVA/CS/SVC) was implanted in seven patients (50%) with a mean defibrillation threshold of 15.6 +/- 2.9 J (10-18 J). Four patients received a partial transvenous lead system (RVA/CS/SQ). An effective nonthoracotomy lead system was not found in three patients; they received epicardial electrodes. After cumulative follow-up of 73 patient-months, nine patients remain alive and free of problems related to the implanted nonthoracotomy leads. One patient died of respiratory failure 3 months after defibrillator implant, and the leads from another patient were removed at 9 months because of bacterial infection. A transvenous lead system that includes a defibrillation lead in the coronary sinus is a safe, reliable, and, at least in the short term, effective nonthoracotomy approach for automatic defibrillator implantation.

journal_name

Circulation

journal_title

Circulation

authors

Yee R,Klein GJ,Leitch JW,Guiraudon GM,Guiraudon CM,Jones DL,Norris C

doi

10.1161/01.cir.85.1.196

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-01-01 00:00:00

pages

196-204

issue

eissn

0009-7322

issn

1524-4539

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A permanent transvenous lead system for an implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. Nonthoracotomy approach to implantation.