[Cardiac resynchronization through a persistent left superior vena cava]

Med Intensiva. 2006 Dec;30(9):471-3. doi: 10.1016/s0210-5691(06)74571-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Cardiac resynchronization therapy is effective in the treatment of patients with severe heart failure and intraventricular dysynchrony. However, we are sometimes faced with the unexpected presence of a persistent left superior vena cava. We report the case of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular dysynchrony in which we implanted a resynchronization pacemaker exclusively through a persistent left superior vena cava that did not communicate with the right vena cava.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging