Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Upgrade in a Patient with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis, Facilitated by Coronary Sinus Cannulation with Electrophysiology Catheters from Both Femoral and Axillary Venous Approaches

Mazda Motallebi; Narges Feizabadi

doi:10.19102/icrm.2018.090401

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Upgrade in a Patient with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis, Facilitated by Coronary Sinus Cannulation with Electrophysiology Catheters from Both Femoral and Axillary Venous Approaches

J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2018 Apr 15;9(4):3084-3089. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090401. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Mazda Motallebi^{1

2}, Narges Feizabadi¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Electrophysiology Services, CareMore Health Plan, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood, CA, USA.

Abstract

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis can be technically challenging. There are few case reports of cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation in these individuals. Here, we describe a procedure of cardiac resynchronization therapy upgrade in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis facilitated by coronary sinus cannulation from both the femoral and axillary venous approaches.

Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; coronary sinus; dextrocardia; left ventricular lead; pacemaker.

Publication types

Case Reports