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Catheter-based Endovascular Angioplasty for Fibrosing Mediastinitis-associated Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
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Angioplasty facilitated permanent pacing in de novo superior vena cava obstruction
Ananth M Prasan1, Peter Girardi, Derek Glenn
1Department of Cardiology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, Australia. prasana@sesahs.nsw.gov.au
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|August 18, 2005
Abstract:
The finding of complete occlusion of the superior venal cava during the performance of cardiac pacing is rare. We report a case where performance of angioplasty aided the successful completion of permanent pacemaker implantation.
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