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Anesth Analg 2007;104:71-74
© 2007 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000246795.57769.23

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Successful Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy After Cardiac Surgery

Maxime Cannesson, MD*, Bruno Gostoli, MD*, Pascal Rosamel, MD*, Claire Flamens, MD*, Geneviève Derumeaux, MD, PhD{dagger}, Philippe Chevallier, MD, PhD{dagger}, Jean-François Obadia, MD, PhD{ddagger}, Olivier Bastien, MD, PhD*, and Jean-Jacques Lehot, MD, PhD*

From the *Departments of Anesthesiology, {dagger}Cardiology, and {ddagger}Cardiac Surgery, Louis Pradel Hospital, Lyon, France.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Maxime Cannesson, MD, Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, 200 ave. du Doyen Lépine, 69500 Bron, France. Address e-mail to maxime_cannesson{at}hotmail.com.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves symptoms and survival in chronic heart failure patients, but has been poorly studied in the acute heart failure setting. We report the case of successful cardiac resynchronization therapy in the early postoperative period after cardiac surgery in a patient with left bundle branch block and proven ventricular dyssynchrony.






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