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Treatment of superior vena caval obstruction following permanent pacemaker extraction
Nick Newall1, Rod Stables, Nick Palmer
1Cardiology Department, Cardiothoracic Center, Thomas Dr., Liverpool, The United Kingdom, L14 3PE. newall@attglobal.net
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|January 11, 2003
Abstract:
Superior vena caval (SVC) obstruction following permanent pacemaker lead extraction is a serious but uncommon complication. This report describes the case of an 83-year-old man treated by balloon angioplasty and femoral pacemaker implantation.