Cases in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Case-Based Approach

Cheuk-Man Yu, David L. Hayes, Angelo Auricchio

Section 1: Current Indications

1: PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CRT-PATIENTS: CHALLENGE OR ROUTINE?

2: IMPLANTATION OF A BIVENTRICULAR ICD FOLLOWED BY CATHETER ABLATION IN A PATIENT WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

3: EFFICACY OF CRT IN RBBB

4: ISSUE OF QRS 120-150 MS

5: VALUE OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH RIGHT HEART FAILURE DUE TO PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

6: ROLE OF OPTIMAL MEDICAL THERAPY

Section 2: Expanding Indications of CRT

7: EFFICACY OF CRT IN NYHA II

8: PACEMAKER INDICATION

9: INTERCOMMISSURAL LEAD PLACEMENT INTO A RIGHT VENTRICULAR CORONARY SINUS

Section 3: Challenging CRT Implantation

10: RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING RELATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

11: IT IS WHERE YOU GO THAT MATTERS, NOT HOW YOU GET THERE! -

USING THE MIDDLE CARDIAC VEIN

12: MAPPING THE CORONARY SINUS VEINS USING AN ACTIVE FIXATION LEAD TO OVERCOME PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION

13: THE UTILITY OF ACTIVE FIXATION LEAD IN UNSTABLE LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD POSITIONS WITHIN THE CORONARY SINUS FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR STIMULATION

14: PERSISTANT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA: UTILITY OF RIGHT-SIDED VENOUS ACCESS FOR CORONARY SINUS LEAD IMPLANTATION

15: VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOTOMY SURGERY (VATS) FOR THE IMPLANTATION OF AN EPICARDIAL LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD

16: ROLE OF CARDIAC CT BEFORE IMPLANT: DIAGNOSIS OF A PROMINENT THEBESIAN VALVE AS AN OBSTACLE TO LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD DEPLOYMENT IN CRT

Section 4: New CRT Implantation Techniques

17: ENDOCARDIAL LV LEAD - HIGH APPROACH

18: LEFT VENTRCIULAR ENDOCARDIAL PACING IN A PATIENT WITH AN ANOMALOUS LEFT SIDED SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

19: NOVEL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES

20: ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED LEAD IMPLANTATION FOR CRT IN A RE-OPERATIVE PATIENT

Section 5: Optimization of CRT Device

21: ATRIOVENTRICULAR OPTIMIZATION BY TRANSTHORACIC