title: Permanent cardiac pacing in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava and concomitant agenesis of the right-sided superior vena cava.
abstract: Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) can be incidentally detected during pacemaker implantation from the left pectoral side. Optimal site pacing is technically difficult, and lead stability of the right ventricle (RV) can lead to such a situation. We describe a case of successful single-chamber pacemaker implantation in a 76-year-old woman with a PLSVC and concomitant agenesis of the right-sided superior vena cava, after failed attempts with the conventional procedure. The pacemaker had been working well after 12 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hassine
authors.affiliation: Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Tunisia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamdi
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chniti
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boussaada
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouchehda
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
authors.affiliation: Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Tunisia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Hamda
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Betbout
authors.affiliation: Cardiology B Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Tunisia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maatouk
authors.affiliation: Cardiology A Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gamra
keywords: Agenesis of the right-sided superior vena cava; CS, coronary sinus; PLSVC, persistent left superior vena cava; Persistent left superior vena cava; RV, right ventricle; SVC, superior vena cava; Sinus node disease