PMID: 15373239Sep 18, 2004Paper

Assessment of regional wall motion using strain Doppler imaging during right ventricular bifocal pacing in a patient with severe congestive heart failure: a case report

Journal of cardiology
Kohei MatsushitaSatoshi Umemura

Abstract

A 79-year-old man presented with dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic atrial fibrillation. A DDD pacemaker was implanted due to sick sinus syndrome. His left ventricular ejection fraction was 23%. He was repeatedly admitted with congestive heart failure. Although cardiac resynchronization therapy was attempted, insertion of a pacing lead into the coronary sinus failed. Right ventricular bifocal pacing was done. The QRS width was shortened to 155 msec during bifocal pacing and 157 msec during right ventricular outflow pacing from 221 msec during right ventricular apical pacing. Heart failure was improved from New York Heart Association class III to II. Regional wall motion was assessed by strain of the myocardium. Bifocal pacing increased stroke volume due to improvement of longitudinal dyssynchrony of the septal and lateral walls. Bifocal pacing is effective for patients with severe congestive heart failure in whom biventricular pacing therapy has failed. Strain Doppler imaging is useful for the assessment of regional wall motion during cardiac pacing.

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