Thoracoscopic Implantation of Epicardial Left Ventricular Lead for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Purpose </bold>Limited data exist on the safety and efficacy of epicardial left ventricular(LV) lead placement using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) for cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT).<bold>Methods </bold>Acute and long-term outcomes of CRT were compared between patients with epicardial LV leads(Epicardial-LV group, n=13) and those with endocardial LV leads(Endo...

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• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
• Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Electric Countershock
• Primary Prevention
• Treatment Outcome

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Literature Corpus work

19ec93fe-d059-5b4e-90b7-b89cd7e09e3d

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1254575/v1