A Guide to Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Using Stylet-Driven Pacing Leads

Jan De Pooter; Aurelien Wauters; Frederic Van Heuverswyn; Jean-Benoit Le Polain de Waroux

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.844152

A Guide to Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Using Stylet-Driven Pacing Leads

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Feb 21:9:844152. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.844152. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jan De Pooter¹, Aurelien Wauters², Frederic Van Heuverswyn¹, Jean-Benoit Le Polain de Waroux³

Affiliations

¹ Heart Center, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
² Service de Cardiologie, Clinique Saint Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
³ Department of Cardiology, AZ Sint Jan, Bruges, Belgium.

Abstract

Left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) has emerged as a novel pacing modality which aims to capture the left bundle branch area and avoids the detrimental effects of right ventricular pacing. Current approaches for LBBAP have been developed using lumen-less pacing leads (LLL). Expanding the tools and leads for LBBAP might contribute to a wider adoption of this technique. Standard stylet-driven pacing leads (SDL) differ from current LLL as they are characterized by a wider lead body diameter, are stylet-supported and often have a non-isodiametric extendable helix design. Although LBBAP can be performed safely with SDL, the implant technique of LBBAP differs compared to LLL. In the current overview we describe in detail how different types of SDL can be used to target a deep septal position and provide a practical guide on how to achieve LBBAP using SDL.

Keywords: conduction system pacing; left bundle branch area pacing; lumen-less pacing lead; stylet-driven extendable screw lead; stylet-driven pacing leads.