Pacemaker Implantation in a Patient with Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
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Totorean, I.-C.; Vacarescu, C.; Cozma, D.; Luca, C.-T.; Feier, H.; Lazăr, M.-A.; Deme, M.-A.; Stoica, S.; Arnautu, D.-A.; Gaiță, D. Pacemaker Implantation in a Patient with Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12112707
Totorean I-C, Vacarescu C, Cozma D, Luca C-T, Feier H, Lazăr M-A, Deme M-A, Stoica S, Arnautu D-A, Gaiță D. Pacemaker Implantation in a Patient with Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(11):2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12112707
Chicago/Turabian StyleTotorean, Iuliana-Claudia, Cristina Vacarescu, Dragoș Cozma, Constantin-Tudor Luca, Horea Feier, Mihai-Andrei Lazăr, Maria-Anastasia Deme, Svetlana Stoica, Diana-Aurora Arnautu, and Dan Gaiță. 2022. "Pacemaker Implantation in a Patient with Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review" Diagnostics 12, no. 11: 2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12112707