Why the study?
Technical challenges arise during LV lead placement for CRT in patients with persistent left superior vena cava, and a gold-standard implantation technique has yet to be determined.
Population
Patients with persistent left superior vena cava requiring CRT implantation or upgrade
Design
Case report
Authors
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May assist CRT implantation in persistent left SVC; case report leaves open prospective validation.
Preprocedural imaging and active fixation leads represent a potential strategy to overcome technical challenges during CRT implantation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava.
Chiang et al. (2021) studied this question.
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