Key result
Conservative management with anticoagulants and antiarrhythmic drugs resulted in clinical improvement in an ICD recipient with superior vena cava syndrome and syncope.
Case Report (n=1)
Conservative management with anticoagulants and antiarrhythmics can be effective for superior vena cava syndrome and electrical instability in patients with multiple transvenous ICD leads.
Hypothesis-generating for conservative management in ICD-related SVC syndrome; prospective studies needed before practice change.
We describe the case of a recipient of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator with multiple syncopal episodes due both to superior vena cava obstruction and electrical instability. These complications occurred in the presence of two transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads. The patient has been managed conservatively with anticoagulants and new antiarrhythmic drugs with improvement in both his clinical problems.
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Άννα Κωστοπούλου (2004) conducted a case report in Superior vena cava syndrome and syncope (n=1). Conservative management with anticoagulants and antiarrhythmic drugs was evaluated on Clinical improvement. Conservative management with anticoagulants and antiarrhythmic drugs resulted in clinical improvement in an ICD recipient with superior vena cava syndrome and syncope.
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