Implantation of pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava.
Absent right superior vena cava with persistent left superior vena cava in normal situs is an exceedingly rare congenital anomaly. In such cases, pacemaker implantation (PMI) is very difficult or even impossible. We report the case of a patient with sick sinus syndrome in whom PMI was easily performed via the left superior vena cava by using a steerable stylet.
Fukuda
Yujiro
Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardio-Vascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Yoshida
Teruhisa
T
Inage
Tomohito
T
Takeuchi
Tomohiro
T
Nagamoto
Yasutsugu
Y
Gondo
Takeki
T
Imaizumi
Tsutomu
T
D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010690:Phlebography; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging