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

Gregory P Siroky; Alex Gold; Delphine Tang; Amit Alam; Mitchell Simon; Michael Huang; William J Kostis

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.013

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

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Sep 15;2(11):1771-1775. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.013. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Gregory P Siroky¹, Alex Gold¹, Delphine Tang¹, Amit Alam¹, Mitchell Simon², Michael Huang¹, William J Kostis¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
² Department of Radiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Abstract

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.).

Keywords: bradycardia; cancer; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiac pacemaker; computed tomography; electrophysiology; imaging; supraventricular arrhythmia; weight loss.

Publication types

Case Reports