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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:633-634
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Temporary left ventricular pacing after cardiac surgery

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
^b Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Received 25 August 2005; accepted 23 December 2005.

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

Key Words: Temporary pacing • Left ventricular pacing • Biventricular pacing

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We read with great interest the article by Flynn et al. [1] which compared the potential benefits of left ventricular (LV) pacing versus the right ventricular (RV) pacing in the early postoperative period after open heart surgery.

Flynn et al. [1] describe three pacing modes with the same atrial pacing system: active and inactive (negative and positive) leads were placed upon the right atrium in a bipolar pacing configuration. RV pacing was performed using . . . [Full Text of this Article]