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(Chest. 1972;61:396-397.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Complicating Pacemaker Catheter Insertion

Leonda Garcia M.D.1; Richard S. Levine M.D., F.C.C.P.1; Warren Kossowsky M.D.2; and Alan F. Lyon M.D.3

1 Department of Medicine, The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
2 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, New York University
3 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, New York University

Transvenous pacemaker therapy was complicated by the presence of a persistent left superior vena cava and absence of the right superior vena cava. The correct diagnosis was made during life by venous angiography and enabled successful therapy to be institued utilizing the transthoracic placement of pacemaker electrodes.




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