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Third-degree atrioventricular block and unusual superior vena cava abnormality
Franco Alberto Ferrari1, Fabio Locati, Giuseppe De Angelis
1Division of Cardiology, Hospital of Rho, Azienda Sanitaria G. Salvini, Garbagnate Milanese, MI, Italy. fferrari@aogarbagnatelombardia.it
Abstract:
During the implantation of a definitive pacemaker for complete atrioventricular block via the left subclavian vein, a rare and abnormal origin of the superior vena cava was detected. No such finding has ever been reported, leading us to adopt the contralateral approach.
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