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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:184-185
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Surgical implantation of left ventricular epicardial leads for cardiac resynchronization

José B. García-Bengochea a , Angel L. Fernández a , * , Antonio Amaro b , Julian Alvarez c

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
b Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, 15706 Santiago de Compostela. Spain
c Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Received 7 March 2005; accepted 22 March 2005.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 981 0950 212; fax: +34 981 950 227. (Email: alfg@secardiologia.es).

Key Words: Cardiac resynchronization therapy • Surgically placed epicardial LV-lead • Heart failure

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We read with great interest the article by Mair and colleages [1] which compared the surgical implantation of left ventricular epicardial leads with the coronary sinus placement for cardiac resynchronization.

We have previously reported our experience [2] with surgical implantation of left ventricular epicardial leads using video-assisted thoracoscopy and agree with Mair et al. that the surgical approach may have potential benefits as primary implantation for a substantial subset of patients. However, we would like to point out some considerations.

First, we believe that preoperative . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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