Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Department of Electrophysiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, USA

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Long-Term Retrospective Study of Superficial Right Ventricular Mid-Septal Pacing
  Author(s): Kenneth Wade McBride*
  
  Pacing Induced Cardiomyopathy (PICM) can be a significant problem with long term right ventricular pacing, especially from the apex. It is unclear if PICM may be minimized by standard pacing of the Right Ventricle (RV) at sites other than the RVA. The purpose of our recent study was to compare the relative frequency of PICM in a population of patients paced at either the superficial RV Mid Septum (RVMS) or RV Apex (RVA) and other outcomes that may differ between these sites. A retrospective evaluation was performed on all patients undergoing pacemaker implantation between 2011 and 2022. Potential study patients were those with Medtronic 3830 superficial RVMS leads placed with a septal specific guidance catheter and any with RVA leads. Patients were included if they had >20% RV pacing, available baseline and follow-up measurements of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVE.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9880.24.15.922

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