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- Title
Contralateral Replacement of Pacemaker and Leads Following Laser Sheath Extraction and Concomitant Stenting for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.
- Authors
BAKIR, IHSAN; LA MEIR, MARC; DEGRIECK, IVAN; MARIEN, CATHERINE; VAN DEN HAUWE, KRISTOF; WELLENS, FRANCIS
- Abstract
We present the case of a 61-year-old man with a history of pacemaker implantation 15 years ago. The patient was admitted with chronic swelling of the right hemithorax and inflammation of the old incision scar after the replacement of pacemaker generator 6 years ago. The patient also presented symptoms and clinical signs of superior vena cava syndrome. Computed tomography of the thorax showed obstruction of the superior vena cava. The surgical procedure consisted of extraction of infected pacemaker system with excimer laser technique followed by dilatation and stenting of the SVC and finally implantation of a new permanent pacemaker system on the left side.
- Subjects
CARDIAC pacemakers; INFLAMMATION; SCARS; VENA cava superior; TOMOGRAPHY; CHEST (Anatomy)
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 10, p1131
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00226.x