Balloon Angioplasty of Chronic Total Occlusion of the Coronary Sinus due to Lead Maturation Process-Juniper Publishers

Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy-Juniper Publishers

Massive rise of the pacing threshold during lead maturation period (up to 6 months post-implant) has declined after the introduction of steroid eluting electrodes but not totally disappeared [1], many trials discussed the management of this problem including systemic steroid therapy during the early stage but repositioning of the lead implantation of new lead remains the solution of the exit block. We describe a case of loss of capture of coronary sinus (CS) lead 3 months post-implant due to exit block which is thought to be due to lead maturation process resulted in extensive fibrosis inside the CS which was successfully managed by balloon angioplasty, followed by successful placement of new CS lead.

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