title: Implantation of pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardio-Vascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Tomohito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inage
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Yasutsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamoto
authors.forename: Takeki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gondo
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
mesh_terms: 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