title: Preclavicular route following cephalic venous cutdown for pacemaker or defibrillator lead implantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Marseille, France. alexandre.trigano@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trigano
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Ivernois
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hartung
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016748:Venous Cutdown