TY - JOUR AU - Hosseini, Morteza Tavakkoli AU - Popov, Aron Frederik AU - Kourliouros, Antonios AU - Sarsam, Mazin PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/12 TI - Surgical implantation of a biventricular pacing system via lower half mini sternotomy JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 5 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - We present a case of surgical implantation of biventricular epicardial pacing leads and a defibrillating patch via lower half mini sternotomy. Although median sternotomy is routinely used for this purpose, lower half mini sternotomy could provide the surgeon with the same surgical field exposure and a faster post operative recovery. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-5 DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-8-5 ID - Hosseini2013 ER -