For many years, the apex of the right ventricle (RV) seemed to be a sufficiently good site for ventricular pacing, effectively protecting both the health and life of patients with atrioventricular conduction disorders. However, the studies have demonstrated that this is not an optimal site, since it leads to electrical and mechanical interventricular asynchrony, which in some cases (15-20 %) results in the development of pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM). The introduction of biventricular cardiac resynchronization therapy (BiV-CRT) into clinical practice was a real breakthrough in the development of modern electrotherapy, and conduction system pacing (CSP) has heralded even greater hopes.
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