Left Pericardiophrenic Vein Pacing for Tachy-Brady Syndrome Due to an Obstructing Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Gregory P. Siroky, MD; Alex Gold, MD; Delphine Tang, DO; Amit Alam, MD; Mitchell Simon, MD; Michael Huang, DO; William J. Kostis, PhD, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Left Pericardiophrenic Vein Pacing for Tachy-Brady Syndrome Due to an Obstructing Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Gregory P. Siroky, MD,
Alex Gold, MD,
Delphine Tang, DO,
Amit Alam, MD,
Mitchell Simon, MD,
Michael Huang, DO,
William J. Kostis, PhD, MD

Affiliations

Gregory P. Siroky, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Address for correspondence: Dr. Gregory P. Siroky, Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10025.
Alex Gold, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Delphine Tang, DO: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Amit Alam, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mitchell Simon, MD: Department of Radiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Michael Huang, DO: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
William J. Kostis, PhD, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 11
pp. 1771 – 1775

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We describe a case of a permanent pacemaker lead placement via the left pericardiophrenic vein for the treatment of tachy-brady syndrome due to a primary cardiac angiosarcoma. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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