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Ten‐Year Follow‐Up of a Patient with Pacemaker Induced Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Author(s) -
KATAOKA HAJIME
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8159.1997.tb03551.x
Subject(s) - medicine , venography , superior vena cava syndrome , collateral circulation , cardiology , superior vena cava , permanent pacemaker , surgery , thrombosis
A woman with persistent pacemaker induced superior vena cava syndrome was stable for 10 years. Serial follow‐up venography, however, demonstrated a continuous process of major vein occlusion and the development of collateral circulation, the effectiveness of which warrants a favorable prognosis in this pacemaker related syndrome.