TY - JOUR T1 - Superior vena caval stenosis: a complication of transvenous endocardial pacing. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 412 LP - 413 DO - 10.1136/thx.34.3.412 VL - 34 IS - 3 AU - D M Matthews AU - J C Forfar Y1 - 1979/06/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/34/3/412.abstract N2 - 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. ER -