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Intermittent positional axillary vein compression – a rare complication of CIED implantation
Affiliations- Department of Cardiology, Central University Hospital in Warsaw,, Banacha St. 1A, 02-097 Warsaw Warsaw, Poland
- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha St 1A, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
An 81-year-old male with an implanted DDD pacemaker reported fluctuating edema accompanied by pain and paresthesia affecting the hand and arm on the side the pacemaker had been implanted. These symptoms, which developed several weeks after the procedure, were more pronounced in the morning and resolved during the day. Venography showed axillary vein compression, whose severity varied with different arm positions. Changing the location of the pacemaker pocket restored normal venous blood flow at the site of compression and relieved the patient’s symptoms, which was confirmed during follow-up.
Abstract
An 81-year-old male with an implanted DDD pacemaker reported fluctuating edema accompanied by pain and paresthesia affecting the hand and arm on the side the pacemaker had been implanted. These symptoms, which developed several weeks after the procedure, were more pronounced in the morning and resolved during the day. Venography showed axillary vein compression, whose severity varied with different arm positions. Changing the location of the pacemaker pocket restored normal venous blood flow at the site of compression and relieved the patient’s symptoms, which was confirmed during follow-up.
Keywords
pacemaker; venography; axillary vein; venous compression; occlusion
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Intermittent positional axillary vein compression – a rare complication of CIED implantation
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Case report
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144-146
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2022-01-28
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Bibliographic record
Acta Angiologica 2021;27(4):144-146.
Keywords
pacemaker
venography
axillary vein
venous compression
occlusion
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