Preclavicular route following cephalic venous cutdown for pacemaker or defibrillator lead implantation.
Following cephalic venous cutdown, an unexpected preclavicular course was used in two cases for a pacemaker and a defibrillator lead implantation. This very rare anomaly was documented by cephalic venogram but did not cause any significant intraoperative difficulty during single lead implantation.
Trigano
Alexandre
A
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Marseille, France. alexandre.trigano@mail.ap-hm.fr
D'Ivernois
Christophe
C
Levy
Samuel
S
Hartung
Olivier
O
Alimi
Yves
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016748:Venous Cutdown