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Just flip it!—CRT implantation in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis

Implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device in patients with congenital heart disease may be challenging because of the particular underlying anatomy. We present the case of a right‐sided transvenous implantation of a dual‐chamber CRT‐D device in a patient with situs inversus to...

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Autores principales: Steinberg, Christian, Deyell, Marc W., Chakrabarti, Santabhanu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12120
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description Implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device in patients with congenital heart disease may be challenging because of the particular underlying anatomy. We present the case of a right‐sided transvenous implantation of a dual‐chamber CRT‐D device in a patient with situs inversus totalis and mirror image dextrocardia. To facilitate our anatomic orientation and to overcome unusual hand‐eye coordination problems, we decided to flip the fluoroscopic image projection by 180° (right‐left), creating the optical impression of a “normalized” heart position (levocardia). This simple approach allowed us to successfully implant the device using a conventional left‐sided CRT delivery system.
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spelling pubmed-62886022018-12-14 Just flip it!—CRT implantation in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis Steinberg, Christian Deyell, Marc W. Chakrabarti, Santabhanu J Arrhythm Case Reports Implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device in patients with congenital heart disease may be challenging because of the particular underlying anatomy. We present the case of a right‐sided transvenous implantation of a dual‐chamber CRT‐D device in a patient with situs inversus totalis and mirror image dextrocardia. To facilitate our anatomic orientation and to overcome unusual hand‐eye coordination problems, we decided to flip the fluoroscopic image projection by 180° (right‐left), creating the optical impression of a “normalized” heart position (levocardia). This simple approach allowed us to successfully implant the device using a conventional left‐sided CRT delivery system. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6288602/ /pubmed/30555613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12120 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Journal of Arrhythmia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555613
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