Permanent pacemaker positioning via the inferior vena cava in a case of single ventricle with loss of right atrial-vena cava continuity.
Successful dual chamber pacing was achieved by implanting permanent pacemaker leads using an extra-peritoneal approach to the inferior vena cava in a 48-year-old patient with a single ventricle, transposition of the great vessels, and a right atrial pulmonary artery shunt (Glenn's procedure). The pacemaker generator was implanted into a subcutaneous pocket in the anterior abdominal wall.
West
J N
JN
University of Birmingham Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, United Kingdom.
Shearmann
C P
CP
Gammage
M D
MD
D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology