The techniques for successful pacemaker implantation via the PLSVC with the SelectSecure system (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) are unknown. Regarding the techniques, we presented a case in which we implanted a pacemaker via the PLSVC in patient with absent RSVC using the SelectSecure system.
Evaluation of different ablation strategies verifying the optimal overlap ratio in point-by-point laser balloon ablation for patients with atrial fibrillation, Heart Rhythm O2 (2021), doi:
The prognostic predictors of death or heart failure hospitalization and the echocardiographic response after initial cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device replacement (CRT-r) remain unclear. We evaluated the predictors and the echocardiographic time course in patients after CRT-r. Consecutive 60 patients underwent CRT-r because of battery depletion. Patients were divided into two groups depending on the chronic echocardiographic response to CRT (left ventricular end-systolic volume [LVESV] reduction of ≥ 15%) at the time of CRT-r: CRT responders (group A; 35 patients) and CRT nonresponders (group B; 25 patients). The primary endpoint was a composite of death from any cause or heart failure hospitalization. Changes in LVESV and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after CRT-r were also analyzed. During the mean follow-up of 46 ± 33 months after CRT-r, the primary endpoint occurred more frequently in group B (group A versus group B; 8/35 [23%] patients versus 19/25 [76%] patients, p < 0.001). No significant changes in LVESV and LVEF were observed at the mean of 46 ± 29 months after CRT-r in both groups. A multivariate analysis identified echocardiographic nonresponse to CRT, chronic kidney disease, atrial fibrillation, and New York Heart Association functional class III or IV at the time of CRT-r as independent predictors of the primary endpoint in all patients. Residual echocardiographic nonresponse, comorbidities, and heart failure symptoms at the time of CRT-r predict the subsequent very long-term prognosis after CRT-r. No further echocardiographic response to CRT was found after CRT-r.
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