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Sinus Node Injury as a Complication of Superior Vena Cava Isolation
Author(s) -
ONG MARY GERTRUDE,
TAI CHINGTAI,
LIN YENNJIANG,
LEE KUNTAI,
CHANG SHIHLIN,
CHEN SHIHANN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00274.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava , sinus (botany) , cardiology , sick sinus syndrome , complication , sinoatrial node , breakout , surgery , heart rate , botany , finance , blood pressure , economics , biology , genus
We report a case with SVC ectopy initiating AF; the origin and breakout point of the sinus node was inside the SVC, and the SVC ectopy was conducted through the same path as the sinus node activation to depolarize the right atrium. Injury to the sinus node happened after successful isolation of SVC.