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Schwarz K, Mascherbauer J, Schmidt E, Zirkler M, Lamm G, Vock P, Kwok CS, Borovac JA, Mousavi RA, Hoppe UC, Leibundgut G, Will M. Emergency transvenous temporary pacing during rotational atherectomy. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1322459. [PMID: 38162131 PMCID: PMC10755921 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1322459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Rotational atherectomy (RA) during percutaneous coronary intervention may cause transient bradycardia or a higher-degree heart block. Traditionally, some operators use prophylactic transvenous pacing wire (TPW) to avoid haemodynamic complications associated with bradycardia. Objective We sought to establish the frequency of bail-out need for emergency TPW insertion in patients undergoing RA that have received no upfront TPW insertion. Methods We performed a single-centre retrospective study of all patients undergoing RA between October 2009 and October 2022. Patient characteristics, procedural variables, and in-hospital complications were registered. Results A total of 331 patients who underwent RA procedure were analysed. No patients underwent prophylactic TPW insertion. The mean age was 73.3 ± 9.1 years, 71.6% (n = 237) were male, while nearly half of the patients were diabetic [N = 158 (47.7%)]. The right coronary artery was the most common target for RA (40.8%), followed by the left anterior descending (34.1%), left circumflex (14.8%), and left main stem artery (10.3%). Altogether 20 (6%) patients required intraprocedural atropine therapy. Emergency TPW insertion was needed in one (0.3%) patient only. Eight (2.4%) patients died, although only one (0.3%) was adjudicated as being possibly related to RA-induced bradycardia. Five patients (1.5%) had ventricular fibrillation arrest, while nine (2.7%) required cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Six (1.8%) procedures were complicated by coronary perforation, two (0.6%) were complicated by tamponade, while 17 (5.1%) patients experienced vascular access complications. Conclusions Bail-out transvenous temporary pacing is very rarely required during RA. A standby temporary pacing strategy seems reasonable and may avoid unnecessary TPW complications compared with routine use.
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- Konstantin Schwarz
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, University North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
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- Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases Department, University Hospital of Split (KBC Split), Split, Croatia
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
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- University Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital St. Pölten, Krems, Austria
- Karl Landsteiner Institute for Cardiometabolics, Karl Landsteiner Society, St. Pölten, Austria
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Cafaro A, Rizzo F, Fischetti D, Quarta L, Mussardo M, Mandurino-Mirizzi A, Tondo A, Ciccone MM, Iacovelli F, Colonna G. Intracoronary Pacing during "Chimney Technique" in Transcatheter Aortic Valve-in-Valve Implantation: An Alternative Temporary Rapid Ventricular Stimulation? J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:341. [PMID: 37623354 PMCID: PMC10455771 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10080341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Temporary rapid ventricular pacing (TRVP) is required during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in order to reduce cardiac output and to facilitate balloon aortic valvuloplasty, prosthesis deployment, and post-deployment balloon dilation. The two most frequently used TRVP techniques are right endocardial (RE)-TRVP and retrograde left endocardial temporary rapid ventricular pacing (RLE)-TRVP. The first one could be responsible for cardiac tamponade, one of the most serious procedural complications during TAVI, while the second one could often be unsuccessful. Intracoronary (IC)-TRVP through a coronary guidewire has been described as a safe and efficient procedure that could avoid such complications. We describe two clinical cases in which IC-TRVP has been effectively used during valve-in-valve TAVI with coronary protection via the "chimney technique", after unsuccessful RLE-TRVP.
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- Alessandro Cafaro
- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of University Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Department, Policlinico University Hospital, 70124 Bari, Italy; (M.M.C.); (F.I.)
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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- Division of University Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Department, Policlinico University Hospital, 70124 Bari, Italy; (M.M.C.); (F.I.)
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- Division of University Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Department, Policlinico University Hospital, 70124 Bari, Italy; (M.M.C.); (F.I.)
- Division of Cardiology, “SS. Annunziata” Hospital, 74121 Taranto, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, “V. Fazzi” Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.C.); (D.F.); (L.Q.); (M.M.); (A.M.-M.); (A.T.); (G.C.)
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