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Cardiac Pacing in Unilateral Left Superior Vena Cava: Evaluation by Digital Angiography
Author(s) -
VILLANI GIOVANNI QUINTO,
PIEPOLI MASSIMO,
QUARETTI PIETRO,
DIECI GIOVANNI
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb02728.x
Subject(s) - medicine , persistent left superior vena cava , digital subtraction angiography , superior vena cava , subclavian vein , angiography , radiology , mediastinal mass , cardiology , catheter , coronary sinus
In a patient with complete heart block and chronic lymphocytic leukemia a pacemaker lead could not be introduced from either the right or left subclavian vein. Digital subtraction angiography excluded a neoplastic inediustinal mass, demonstrated a unilateral left superior vena cava and defined the best route for lead insertion.