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KMID : 0368120080380020128
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Korean Circulation Journal
2008 Volume.38 No. 2 p.128 ~ p.130
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Successful Pacemaker Revision Through Sustained Right Superior Vena Cava in a Patient With Situs Inversus Totalis
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Kim Hack-Lyoung
Kim Min-Kyung
Min Hee-Suk
Choi Byoung-Yong
Choi Eue-Keun
Kwak Jae-Jin
Choi Yun-Shik
Oh Se-Il
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Abstract
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In patients with situs inversus totalis, the superior vena cava is normally positioned on the left side and drains into a left-sided right atrium (RA). If right-side superior vena cava (RSVC) is also present, it should be thought of as a combined congenital anomaly. Here, we report a case of successful pacemaker lead insertion through the RSVC in a patient with situs inversus totalis. The left-side superior vena cava (LSVC) had been already used as a route for the first pacemaker lead insertion 15 years earlier. During the pacemaker lead revision, we found that the LSVC was obliterated, and used the RSVC as a route for a new pacemaker lead insertion
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KEYWORD
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Vena cava, superior, Situs inversus, Pacemaker, artificial
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