Placement of a temporary pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava

Perioperative temporary pacing was needed in a patient with congenital skeletal malformations and a cardiac conduction disturbance with incomplete trifascicular block. We report the successful placement of the pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava (SVC).

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 1998-06, Vol.24 (6), p.639-640
Main Authors: CRON, T. A, BUSER, P. T, OSSWALD, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery
Aged
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial - methods
Congenital defects
Congenital heart block
Electrodes
Electrodes, Implanted
Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics
Female
Heart Block - complications
Heart Block - therapy
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive care medicine
Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control
Medical sciences
Pacemaker, Artificial
Pacemakers
Perfusions. Catheterizations. Hyperbaric oxygenotherapy
Placement
Vena Cava, Superior - abnormalities
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Summary:Perioperative temporary pacing was needed in a patient with congenital skeletal malformations and a cardiac conduction disturbance with incomplete trifascicular block. We report the successful placement of the pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava (SVC).
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s001340050630