Persistent left superior vena cava in patients treated with His-bundle pacing: trouble or help?

Gaetano Paparella; Gian Battista Chierchia; Andrea Sarkozy; Anna Francesconi; Carlo de Asmundis; Lucio Capulzini; Roberto Cazzin; Pedro Brugada

doi:10.1093/europace/eun170

Persistent left superior vena cava in patients treated with His-bundle pacing: trouble or help?

Europace. 2008 Sep;10(9):1102-4. doi: 10.1093/europace/eun170. Epub 2008 Jun 16.

Authors

Gaetano Paparella¹, Gian Battista Chierchia, Andrea Sarkozy, Anna Francesconi, Carlo de Asmundis, Lucio Capulzini, Roberto Cazzin, Pedro Brugada

Affiliation

¹ Heart Rythm Management Center, UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussel 1090, Belgium. ga.pap@libero.it

PMID: 18559333
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun170

Abstract

We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with advanced atrioventricular block treated successfully with His-bundle pacing via a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrioventricular Block / therapy*
Bundle of His*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*