All is not lost, when lead goes in the wrong direction

Left sided superior vena cava (SVC) is an uncommon anomaly noted in the general population. It adds complexity to the procedure, when attempting to place pacing or defibrillator devices into the heart. Here we report a case where the leads were placed through the left sided SVC into the right sided...

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Autores principales: Srivatsa, Uma N, O'Neill, Padraig
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Heart Rhythm Society 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1939871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17684577
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description Left sided superior vena cava (SVC) is an uncommon anomaly noted in the general population. It adds complexity to the procedure, when attempting to place pacing or defibrillator devices into the heart. Here we report a case where the leads were placed through the left sided SVC into the right sided chambers giving an interesting X-ray appearance.
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spelling pubmed-19398712007-08-07 All is not lost, when lead goes in the wrong direction Srivatsa, Uma N O'Neill, Padraig Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J Case Report Left sided superior vena cava (SVC) is an uncommon anomaly noted in the general population. It adds complexity to the procedure, when attempting to place pacing or defibrillator devices into the heart. Here we report a case where the leads were placed through the left sided SVC into the right sided chambers giving an interesting X-ray appearance. Indian Heart Rhythm Society 2007-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC1939871/ /pubmed/17684577 Text en Copyright: © 2007 Srivatsa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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All is not lost, when lead goes in the wrong direction
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