His‐Bundle Pacing for Pulmonary Hypertension With Bradycardia in Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Report
Bradycardia, atrial tachyarrhythmia, heart failure, residual shunts, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are significant problems after congenital heart disease surgery. We performed His-bundle pacing (HBP) for drug-resistant PH with bradycardia in a woman post-total anomalous pulmonary venous return repair complicated by bradycardia, hypertension, PH, residual atrial shunts, and heart failure. Significant improvement in PH post-HBP was achieved without exacerbation of left ventricular function. We successfully closed the atrial shunts 12 months after HBP.
Authors
- Kei Inai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9995-778X)
- Morio Shoda
- Takashi Fujii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2551-1144)
- Daiji Takeuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-9123)
- T Nishimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1999-5147)
Institutions
- Tokyo Women's Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.15098
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00