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Placement of a temporary pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava

Cron, T. ; Buser, P. ; Osswald, S.

In: Intensive Care Medicine, 1998, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 639-640

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    Title
    • Placement of a temporary pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava
    Author
    • Cron, T.. Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
    • Buser, P.. Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
    • Osswald, S.. Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Intensive Care Medicine, 1998, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 639-640. Springer-Verlag
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:312571
    Summary
    Perioperative temporary pacing was needed in a patient with congenital skeletal malformations and a cardiac conduction disturbance with incomplete trifascicular block. We report the successful placement of the pacemaker electrode through a persistent left superior vena cava (SVC)