ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2025
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) clinical consensus statement on indications for conduction system pacing, with special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC and endorsed by the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society, the Heart Rhythm Society, and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society.
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Left Bundle Branch Pacing + Coronary Sinus Pacing Versus Left Bundle Branch Pacing Alone for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients Eligible for CRT-P A Randomized Crossover Pilot Clinical Trial
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Conduction system vs. biventricular pacing in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.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 · 2026Pooled it
- Conduction system pacing vs. biventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis considering randomized controlled trials and observational studies.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 · 2026Pooled it
- Conduction system pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy: a systematic review.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 · 2026Pooled it
- Conduction System Pacing Versus Biventricular Cardiac Resynchronization Pacing: Meta-Analysis on Outcomes in Patients with Non-Left Bundle Branch Block.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Conduction System vs Biventricular Pacing in Heart Failure: The PhysioSync-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA cardiology · 2026Trial
- Septal Artery Injury During Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing: Electrophysiological Warning and Coil Embolization.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing: Innovation Requires Vigilance.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing in Heart Failure: A Physiological Alternative to Conventional Biventricular Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and a Step Towards Personalized Device Therapy.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Procedural performance and safety of a helix locking tool for left bundle branch pacing: a prospective multicenter study.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Article
- Electrophysiological and histological comparisons of left bundle branch pacing vs. left ventricular septal pacing in canine self-controlled models.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 · 2026Article
- Left bundle branch pacing in double-chambered left ventricle and perimembranous ventricular septal aneurysm: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Cardiac implantable electronic devices in heart failure: needs, challenges, and real-world implementation.Heart failure reviews · 2026Review
- Incidental Diagnosis of TTR Amyloidosis During Left Bundle Branch Pacing Implantation: When Electrophysiology Meets Cardiomyopathy.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Innovations in cardiac device therapy in the era of advanced rhythm management: implantable defibrillators and conduction system pacing.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2026Review
- Decoding the evidence emerging from the studies comparing conduction system pacing with conventional cardiac resynchronization therapy.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 · 2026Article
- Workup and management of rhythm disorders in myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asian Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society.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 · 2026Article
- Conduction system pacing: what emerging evidence and what indications?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 · 2026Review
- QRS Area Before and After Upgrading to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Is Not Sufficient to Predict Outcome.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement for His Bundle Pacing Lead-Associated Tricuspid Regurgitation.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Cardiac remodelling and functional status after cardiac resynchronization therapy: comparison between de-novo implantation and upgrade from right ventricular pacing.ESC heart failure · 2026Article
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33 authors.
Michael GliksonJesselson Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 12 Shmuel Beit Street, 9103102, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5706-0395
Haran BurriCardiac Pacing Unit, Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4393-5338
Amr AbdinInternal Medicine Clinic III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0847-1694
Oscar CanoUnidad de Arritmias, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6783-0138
Karol CurilaCardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3523-6358
Jan De PooterDepartment of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3135-8676
Juan C DiazClínica Las Vegas, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-0887-1700
Inga DrossartESC Patient Forum, Sophia Antipolis, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6440-1642
Weijian HuangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2958-134X
Carsten W IsraelDepartment of Medicine-Cardiology, Diabetology and Nephrology, Bethel-Clinic, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1101-7556
Marek JastrzębskiFirst Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3318-6601
Jacqueline JozaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0956-688X
Jarkko KarvonenHeart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0686-2782
Daniel KeeneNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7472-7358
Christophe LeclercqService de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Université de Rennes, CHU Rennes, INSERM, LTSI-UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4399-5568
Wilfried MullensHasselt University, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-8590
Margarida Pujol-LopezInstitut Clínic Cardiovascular (ICCV), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4523-6469
Archana RaoLiverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3893-3944
Kevin VernooyDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8818-5964
Pugazhendhi VijayaramanGeisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Geisinger Heart Institute, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2230-100X
Francesco ZanonSanta Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2673-3918
Yoav MichowitzJesselson Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 12 Shmuel Beit Street, 9103102, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5665-3735
Jens Cosedis NielsenDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lucas BoersmaCardiology Department, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Carina Blomström-LundqvistDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Mads Brix KronborgDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mina K ChungCardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Hung Fat TseCardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Habib Rehman KhanWestern University, London Ontario, Canada.
Francisco LeyvaAston Medical School, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK.
Ulises Rojel-MartinezArrhythmias ad Pacing Service, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, South Medical Center, Puebla, Mexico.
Marcin RucińskiESC Patient Forum, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Niraj VarmaCardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Abstract
Conduction system pacing (CSP) is being increasingly adopted as a more physiological alternative to right ventricular and biventricular pacing. Since the 2021 European Society of Cardiology pacing guidelines, there has been growing evidence that this therapy is safe and effective. Furthermore, left bundle branch area pacing was not covered in these guidelines due to limited evidence at that time. This Clinical Consensus Statement provides advice on indications for CSP, taking into account the significant evolution in this domain.
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Arrhythmias, CardiacCardiac Pacing, ArtificialCardiologyHeart Conduction SystemAction PotentialsEuropeHeart RateHumansSocieties, MedicalTreatment OutcomeBiventricular pacingCardiac resynchronization therapyConduction system pacingHis bundle pacingIndicationsLeft bundle branch area pacing
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