PMID- 26322189 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150831 LR - 20200930 IS - 1949-8462 (Print) IS - 1949-8462 (Electronic) VI - 7 IP - 8 DP - 2015 Aug 26 TI - Right ventricular septal pacing: Safety and efficacy in a long term follow up. PG - 490-8 LID - 10.4330/wjc.v7.i8.490 [doi] AB - AIM: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the permanent high interventricular septal pacing in a long term follow up, as alternative to right ventricular apical pacing. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated: (1) 244 patients (74 +/- 8 years; 169 men, 75 women) implanted with a single (132 pts) or dual chamber (112 pts) pacemaker (PM) with ventricular screw-in lead placed at the right ventricular high septal parahisian site (SEPTAL pacing); (2) 22 patients with permanent pacemaker and low percentage of pacing (< 20%) (NO pacing); (3) 33 patients with high percentage (> 80%) right ventricular apical pacing (RVA). All patients had a narrow spontaneous QRS (101 +/- 14 ms). We evaluated New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, quality of life (QoL), 6 min walking test (6MWT) and left ventricular function (end-diastolic volume, LV-EDV; end-systolic volume, LV-ESV; ejection fraction, LV-EF) with 2D-echocardiography. RESULTS: Pacing parameters were stable during follow up (21 mo/patient). In SEPTAL pacing group we observed an improvement in NYHA class, QoL score and 6MWT. While LV-EDV didn't significantly increase (104 +/- 40 mL vs 100 +/- 37 mL; P = 0.35), LV-ESV slightly increased (55 +/- 31 mL vs 49 +/- 27 mL; P = 0.05) and LV-EF slightly decreased (49% +/- 11% vs 53% +/- 11%; P = 0.001) but never falling < 45%. In the RVA pacing control group we observed a worsening of NYHA class and an important reduction of LV-EF (from 56% +/- 6% to 43% +/- 9%, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Right ventricular permanent high septal pacing is safe and effective in a long term follow up evaluation; it could be a good alternative to the conventional RVA pacing in order to avoid its deleterious effects. FAU - Occhetta, Eraldo AU - Occhetta E AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Quirino, Gianluca AU - Quirino G AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Baduena, Lara AU - Baduena L AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Nappo, Rosaria AU - Nappo R AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Cavallino, Chiara AU - Cavallino C AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Facchini, Emanuela AU - Facchini E AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Pistelli, Paolo AU - Pistelli P AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Magnani, Andrea AU - Magnani A AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Bortnik, Miriam AU - Bortnik M AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Francalacci, Gabriella AU - Francalacci G AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Dell'Era, Gabriele AU - Dell'Era G AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Plebani, Laura AU - Plebani L AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. FAU - Marino, Paolo AU - Marino P AD - Eraldo Occhetta, Rosaria Nappo, Emanuela Facchini, Andrea Magnani, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriella Francalacci, Gabriele Dell'Era, Laura Plebani, Paolo Marino, Cardiology Department, AOU Maggiore della Carita, 28100 Novara, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - World J Cardiol JT - World journal of cardiology JID - 101537090 PMC - PMC4549783 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Left ventricular cardiac function OT - Parahisian pacing OT - Permanent cardiac pacing OT - Resynchronization therapy OT - Right ventricular septal pacing EDAT- 2015/09/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/01 06:01 PMCR- 2015/08/26 CRDT- 2015/09/01 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/08/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4330/wjc.v7.i8.490 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World J Cardiol. 2015 Aug 26;7(8):490-8. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i8.490.