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Case Report: Permanent Ventricular Pacing from Coronary Sinus after Fontan Operation Using Newly Designed Left Ventricular Lead

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The functional single ventricles in Fontan procedures are isolated from the systemic return and thereby precluding conventional endocardial ventricular pacing. We reported a young patient who underwent Fontan operation at the age of 8 years old. He presented with significant bradyarrhythmias 13 years later requiring pacing therapy. A specially designed self-retained left ventricular (LV) pacing lead was implanted successfully through the coronary sinus and its anterolateral branch with satisfactory and stable chronic thresholds by one year's follow-up.

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  1. Cardiac Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

    Katherine Fan & Tak-Cheung Yung

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Fan, K., Yung, TC. Case Report: Permanent Ventricular Pacing from Coronary Sinus after Fontan Operation Using Newly Designed Left Ventricular Lead. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 7, 89–93 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020880418768

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