Ten-year follow-up of a patient with pacemaker induced superior vena cava syndrome.
A woman with persistent pacemaker induced superior vena cava syndrome was stable for 10 years. Serial follow-up venography, however, demonstrated a continuous process of major vein occlusion and the development of collateral circulation, the effectiveness of which warrants a favorable prognosis in this pacemaker related syndrome.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Nishida Hospital, Oita, Japan.
D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors