title: [Isolated left superior vena cava: value of intraoperative echocardiography for implantation of a cardiac pacemaker].
abstract: The authors report the case of a patient presenting with isolated left superior vena cava, for which intracardiac implantation of a cardiac pacemaker was facilitated by intraoperative transthoracic ultrasonographic detection of the course of the ventricular catheter. Transoesophageal ultrasonography confirmed the diagnosis and eliminated a possible associated malformation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie A, CHU La Milétrie, Poitiers.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Valy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christiaens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coisne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mergy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barraine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*