Highlights superior vena cava syndrome as a potential complication of permanent transvenous pacing and demonstrates the feasibility of non-surgical management.
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Non-surgical management may be feasible for pacing-related SVC thrombosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
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.
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