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Superior vena cava syndrome as a complication of DDD pacemaker implantation
Y Murakami1, Y Matsuno, S Izumi
1Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Japan.
Clinical Cardiology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 75-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of swelling of the face and neck 6 months after implantation of a two-chamber pacemaker. Digital subtraction angiography showed total occlusion of the superior vena cava vein and well-developed collateral channels. After thrombolytic therapy, facial swelling disappeared. Digital subtraction angiography performed after thrombolytic therapy revealed a recanalization of the superior vena cava.