Dual-chamber pacing via a persistent left superior vena cava in a patient with Turner's syndrome.
Persistent left superior vena cava often occurs with other cardiovascular malformations, and may complicate positioning of intravenous pacing electrodes. The previously unreported association with coarctation of the aorta and Turner's syndrome is documented in a 50-year-old patient needing a dual-chamber pacemaker after the onset of complete heart block.
Fuseini
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Department of Cardiology, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon.
MacLoughlin
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Dewhurst
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D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*