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9280937

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
Venous thrombosis is a well-known complication of permanent cardiac pacemaker implantation, particularly, chronic occlusion of the subclavian vein is reported to occur in 20-33% of the cases where the percutaneous approach is performed. We examined 135 asymptomatic patients with digital venography to asses the frequency of venous thromboses causing stenosis and occlusion of the subclavian or anonymous arteries in pacemaker carriers. We considered both one- (44) and two-chamber (91) pacemakers and investigated a possible statistically significant difference between them: we found 21 venous thromboses (15%), seven of them in one-chamber pacemakers (15.9%) and 14 two-chambers pacemakers (15.3%). None of our 94 male and 41 female patients was on anticoagulants or had any evidence of coagulation disorders. Venography was performed 39.3 months (mean) after pacemaker implantation (range: 3-120 months). We conclude that digital venography is a simple and relatively noninvasive method permitting better depiction of subclavian, anonymous and caval veins than Doppler US and also showing some vascular abnormalities which may complicate pacemaker implantation.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0033-8362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
552-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Vein patency in patients with pacemaker implanted via subclavian vein: digital phlebography assessment].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Radiologia dell'Università, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract