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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
A man with a history of bilateral pectoral pocket infection and subsequent pacemaker implantation with a screw-in epicardial lead was referred because of increasing lead impedance. Venography revealed bilateral total occlusion of the subclavian and innominate veins with extensive collateral formation in this asymptomatic patient. Both internal jugular veins were also totally occluded. Because repeated pacemaker implantation using epicardial leads resulted in increasing lead impedance of the ventricular lead within 1 year after implant, an alternative approach was found using the superior caval vein with minimal invasive thoracotomy for single lead VDD pacing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0147-8389
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1167-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual approach of a pacemaker electrode in a patient with a silent superior vena cava syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cardiol@ azvu.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports