Left bundle branch pacing by standard stylet-driven lead: Preliminary experience of two case reports
Francesco Zanon, Lina Marcantoni, Gianni Pastore, Enrico Baracca
Abstract
Right ventricular (RV) apical pacing has been demonstrated to be potentially harmful, leading to pacing-induced cardiomyopathy in about one-fifth of patients.1 To avoid pacing-induced cardiomyopathy, physiological pacing has been advocated as a possible solution and His bundle pacing (HBP) has played a prominent role over the last number of years,2 together with the more recent approach of pacing the left bundle branch (LBB).3 These 2 modalities of stimulating the heart have merged together in a new definition of His-Purkinje conduction system pacing.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCardiologyStyletInternal medicineBundleCardiac pacingVentricular pacingCardiomyopathyElectrical conduction system of the heartLead (geology)Heart failureElectrocardiographySurgeryGeomorphologyMaterials scienceGeologyComposite materialCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias