Placement of a temporary pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava.
Perioperative temporary pacing was needed in a patient with congenital skeletal malformations and a cardiac conduction disturbance with incomplete trifascicular block. We report the successful placement of the pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava (SVC).
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*