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Successful biventricular cardiac resynchronization therapy in a failing Fontan patient: Implications of ventriculo‐ventricular interdependency in single ventricle physiology
Authors:Floris E. A. Udink ten Cate  Ingo Germund  Stijn S. Goossens  Gerardus Bennink  Narayanswami Sreeram
Abstract:We describe a Fontan patient with severe heart failure who was successfully treated with biventricular cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Our case shows that strain imaging might play a crucial role in guiding placement of pacing leads and in characterizing the electromechanical substrate associated with a favorable CRT response. Furthermore, we demonstrate for the first time that ventriculo‐ventricular interdependency seems an important mechanical concept, which can be utilized to augment cardiac performance in failing Fontan patients with a functional hypoplastic ventricle.
Keywords:cardiac resynchronization therapy  dyssynchrony  Fontan  single ventricle  speckle tracking echocardiography  strain imaging
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