[Late dislocation of the left ventricular lead as a cause of clinical and functional worsening during cardiac resynchronization therapy]

Luca Panchetti; Marcello Piacenti; Umberto Startari; Andrea Rossi; Maria-Aurora Morales

doi:10.1701/998.10861

[Late dislocation of the left ventricular lead as a cause of clinical and functional worsening during cardiac resynchronization therapy]

Recenti Prog Med. 2011 Dec;102(12):482-5. doi: 10.1701/998.10861.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

Luca Panchetti¹, Marcello Piacenti, Umberto Startari, Andrea Rossi, Maria-Aurora Morales

Affiliation

¹ Istituto di Fisiogia Clinica, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa.

PMID: 22258193
DOI: 10.1701/998.10861

Abstract

Efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure is also related to correct positioning of the left ventricular lead. We report the case of a patient treated by CRT who presented, after 6 years of implantation, rapid clinical and functional worsening due to dislodgment of the left ventricular lead.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices*
Equipment Failure*
Female
Heart Failure / therapy
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Time Factors