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Complication of Permanent Transvenous Endocardial Cardiac Pacing

Mark Wertheimer, MD; Richard K. Hughes, MD; C. Hilmon Castle, MD

JAMA. 1973;224(8):1172-1173.

Abstract
To our knowledge, thrombosis and occlusion of the superior vena cava have not been previously described complications of permanent transvenous endocardial cardiac pacing. We have successfully managed such a case without surgery.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Department of Surgery (Drs. Wertheimer and Hughes) and the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Dr. Castle), University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Department of Surgery, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 84112 (Dr. Wertheimer).

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