Right ventricular resynchronization in a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

MUDr. Ondřej Materna, Children's Heart Centre

Abstract

Although right ventricular (RV) dyssynchrony was previously identified as a possible cause of RV failure in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has rarely been reported as a treatment option. In this case, CRT by bifocal RV pacing induced sustained long-term improvement in RV function, enabling completion of Fontan palliation.

http://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271%2814%2900986-2/fulltext