Superior vena caval stenosis: a complication of transvenous endocardial pacing.
Superior vena caval obstruction is a rare complication of transvenous endocardial pacing and is usually the result of thrombus formation round the pacing electrode (Kosowsky and Barr, 1972). We report a case of superior vena caval obstruction without thrombus formation secondary to localised stenosis at the site of the proximal cut end of a retracted endocardial electrode. This complication of transvenous pacing electrodes has not been described previously.
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior