[Cardiac resynchronization through a persistent left superior vena cava].
Cardiac resynchronization therapy is effective in the treatment of patients with severe heart failure and intraventricular dysynchrony. However, we are sometimes faced with the unexpected presence of a persistent left superior vena cava. We report the case of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular dysynchrony in which we implanted a resynchronization pacemaker exclusively through a persistent left superior vena cava that did not communicate with the right vena cava.
Moriña-Vázquez
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Unidad de Arritmias y Marcapasos, Servicio de Cuidados Críticos, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, España. pmorina@ozu.es
Barba-Pichardo
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Venegas Gamero
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Herrera Carranza
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D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging