title: Persistent left superior vena cava: a problem in the transvenous pacing of the heart.
abstract: 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 the right heart could not be achieved. Epicardial pacing was instituted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dosios
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gorgogiannis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sakorafas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karampatsas
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*