Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
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In post-operative setting after cardiac surgery, the choice of the optimal ventricular pacing site remains an issue, particularly in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. We aimed to investigate the impact of the left ventricular (LV) pacing site in an animal model of incremental myocardial ischaemia. ⋯ Pacing within an ischaemic area has detrimental impact on acute global and regional LV function. More studies are needed to assess the impact of multi-LV pacing in chronic ischaemic conditions.