PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matthews, D M
AU  - Forfar, J C
TI  - Superior vena caval stenosis: a complication of transvenous endocardial pacing.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.34.3.412
DP  - 1979 Jun 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 412--413
VI  - 34
IP  - 3
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/34/3/412.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/34/3/412.full
SO  - Thorax1979 Jun 01; 34
AB  - Superior vena caval obstruction is a rare complication of transvenous endocardial pacing and is usually the result of thrombus formation round the pacing electrode (Kosowsky and Barr, 1972). We report a case of superior vena caval obstruction without thrombus formation secondary to localised stenosis at the site of the proximal cut end of a retracted endocardial electrode. This complication of transvenous pacing electrodes has not been described previously.