Successful Implantation of Transveneous Biventricular Permarnent Pacemaker for Refractory Congestive Heart Failure : The First Case-Report in Thailand

CHARN SRIRAT ANASATHA VORN, MD*, CHUNHAKASEM CHOTINAIWA TTARAKUL, MD*, THITIMA NUT AKUL, MD**, BURIN KHAOSAARD, BSc*

Affiliation : * Her Majesty Cardiac Center, ** Department of Anesthesiology, Falculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bankgok 10700, Thailand.

AbstractBiventricular pacemaker is a pacemaker that can pace both the right and left ventricle at the same time. There have been progression in the development of biventricular pacemaker from thoraco tomy system to fully transveneous system. The benefit in improving quality of life in selected medi cal refractory congestive heartfailure patients of this device had been shown in randomized controlled trials. The authors reported successful implantation fully transveneous biventricular pacemaker in Thailand.

Keywords : Biventricular Pacemaker, Refractory Congestive Heart Failure

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