Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Technique for LV Lead Implantation in CRT Patients

Carlo Pederzolli², Massimiliano Marini³, Monica Campari⁵, Maurizio Centonze⁸, Maria Caterina Bottoli¹, Giulio Molon⁷, Claudio Pomarolli⁶, Roberto Bonmassari³, Angelo Graffigna², Andrea Droghetti^1*, Silvia Quintarelli³, Fabrizio Guarracini³, Alessio Coser³, Sergio Valsecchi⁵, Giuseppina Belotti⁴, Paolo Moggio³ and Stefano Branzoli²

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, ASST Mantova, Italy

²Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy

³Department of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy

⁴Department of Cardiology, Treviglio Hospital, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Bergamo, Italy

⁵Department of Cardiology, Boston Scientific, Milano, Italy

⁶Department of Anesthesiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy

⁷Department of Cardiology, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy

⁸Department of Diagnostic Imaging, APSS Trento, Italy

^*Corresponding Author: Andrea Droghetti, Thoracic Surgery Mantova-Cremona, Viale Lago Paiolo 10 – 46100, Mantova, Italy, Tel: +393494152240, Fax: +390376201959 Email: