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@MISC{Hansky08editorialstenting,
author = {Bert Hansky},
title = {EDITORIAL Stenting of coronary veins: a critical comment},
year = {2008}
}
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Abstract
This editorial refers to ‘Rescue-stenting of an occluded lateral coronary sinus branch for recanalization after dissection during cardiac resynchronization device implantation ’ by K.-J. Gutleben et al., on page 1442 Daniel Gras was the first to describe coronary venous stent-ing.1 Like other authors,2,3 he used a coronary stent to fixate a coronary vein (CV) lead in a proximal vein segment when more distal placement led to intractable phrenic nerve stimulation. At the Europace meeting in Lisboa in 2007 and at the 2008 Cardiostim conference in Nice, Szilagyi et al. presented their data on venous stenting in a larger cohort. The majority of colleagues in the audience shared my con-cerns, which I still have: how to remove such leads years after implantation? Any lead we implant in our patients has to be removable in case it fails or becomes infected!
Keyphrases
coronary vein critical comment editorial stenting phrenic nerve stimulation distal placement cardiostim conference europace meeting lead year daniel gras coronary stent occluded lateral coronary sinus branch coronary venous stent-ing cardiac resynchronization device implantation editorial refers proximal vein segment
