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Failure of left-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation due to absence of left brachiocephalic vein.
- Source :
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Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE [Pacing Clin Electrophysiol] 1999 Dec; Vol. 22 (12), pp. 1842-3. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator by the transvenous approach was impossible from the left side in a patient with on absence of the left brachiocephalic vein; the left subclavian vein was connected by a large left superior intercostal vein to the accessory hemiazygos vein that joined the azygos vein; then the blood flowed into the superior vena cava. Implantation was successfully attempted using the right-sided venous access.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Azygos Vein diagnostic imaging
Catheterization, Central Venous
Female
Humans
Radiography
Ribs blood supply
Subclavian Vein abnormalities
Subclavian Vein diagnostic imaging
Veins abnormalities
Vena Cava, Superior diagnostic imaging
Brachiocephalic Veins abnormalities
Defibrillators, Implantable
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0147-8389
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10642145
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00425.x