Quiz

right ventricular pacing site

Patient

  • 76-year-old man
  • syncope, complete atrio-ventricular block, atrial fibrillation
  • single-chamber pacemaker
  • chest X-ray 1 day after implantation

Chest X-ray: antero-posterior view

  • right ventricular placed via the left cephalic vein
  • the RV lead is directed inferiorly through the right atrium and the tricuspid valve with the tip at the right ventricular apex

 

Chest X-ray: lateral view (same patient)

  • the tip of the right ventricular lead is antero-apical

 

Now look at the chest X-rays of two other patients with a dual chamber pacemaker.

 

right ventricular pacing site

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