Abstract

MORINA-VAZQUEZ, P.; BARBA-PICHARDO, R.; VENEGAS GAMERO, J.  and  HERRERA CARRANZA, M.. Cardiac resynchronization through a persistent left superior vena cava. Med. Intensiva [online]. 2006, vol.30, n.9, pp.471-473. ISSN 0210-5691.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy is effective in the treatment of patients with severe heart failure and intraventricular dysynchrony. However, we are sometimes faced with the unexpected presence of a persistent left superior vena cava. We report the case of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular dysynchrony in which we implanted a resynchronization pacemaker exclusively through a persistent left superior vena cava that did not communicate with the right vena cava.

Keywords : left superior vena cava; cardiac resynchronization; dilated cardiomyopathy.