Persistent left superior vena cava in patients treated with His-bundle pacing: trouble or help?
We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with advanced atrioventricular block treated successfully with His-bundle pacing via a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus.
Heart Rythm Management Center, UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussel 1090, Belgium. ga.pap@libero.it
Gaetano
G
Paparella
Gian Battista
GB
Chierchia
Andrea
A
Sarkozy
Anna
A
Francesconi
Carlo
C
de Asmundis
Lucio
L
Capulzini
Roberto
R
Cazzin
Pedro
P
Brugada
D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000628:therapy*; D002036:Bundle of His; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*