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Transvenous Pacing via a Disconnected Superior Vena Cava in a Patient with Transposition of the Great Arteries
Author(s) -
STEADMAN CHRISTOPHER D.,
CLIFT PAUL,
THORNE SARA A.,
DE GIOVANNI JOSEPH V.
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8159.2008.01168.x
Subject(s) - medicine , great arteries , transposition (logic) , superior vena cava , transvenous pacing , cardiology , subclavian vein , surgery , heart disease , linguistics , philosophy , catheter
We describe successful implantation of a permanent pacemaker via the right subclavian vein in a 28‐year‐old man with operated transposition of the great arteries where the superior vena cava is completely disconnected from the systemic venous atrium following a previous Glenn procedure.