Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Femoral approach

Luís Brandão; Rita Miranda; Sofia Almeida; Luciano Ribeiro; Carlos Alvarenga; Isabel João; Hélder Pereira

doi:10.1016/j.repc.2016.07.015

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Femoral approach

Rev Port Cardiol. 2017 Apr;36(4):309.e1-309.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2016.07.015. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Luís Brandão¹, Rita Miranda², Sofia Almeida¹, Luciano Ribeiro¹, Carlos Alvarenga¹, Isabel João¹, Hélder Pereira¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
² Department of Cardiology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. Electronic address: ritasmiranda@gmail.com.

PMID: 28343786
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2016.07.015

Abstract

We describe the case of a 62-year-old female patient with bilateral subclavian vein occlusion, in whom a cardiac resynchronization system was implanted via a femoral vein.

Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization system; Femoral approach; Heart failure; Insuficiência cardíaca; Sistema de ressincronização ventricular; Via femoral.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / methods*
Female
Femoral Vein*
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Middle Aged