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Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: A Problem in the Transvenous Pacing of the Heart
Author(s) -
DOSIOS T.,
GORGOGIANNIS D.,
SAKORAFAS G.,
KARAMPATSAS K.
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.tb04083.x
Subject(s) - medicine , persistent left superior vena cava , coronary sinus , transvenous pacing , cardiology , vena cava , cardiac pacing
Transvenous pacemaker implantation was impossible from the right side in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) as the two cavae communicated via the coronary sinus and entry into (he right heart could not be achieved. Epicardial pacing was instituted.