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Kissing Stents for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Due to Mediastinal Fibrosis

Open Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018
Purpose: To report the endovascular reconstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC), innominate and internal jugular veins following stenosis due to mediastinal fibrosis.
J. Bardet, D. Fabre, P. Brenot, Claire Watkins, E. Fadel   +4 more
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Endovascular stenting for end‐stage lung cancer patients with superior vena cava syndrome post first‐line treatments – A single‐center experience and literature review

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2017
Background Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is a major complication that occurs when a growing lung malignancy compresses the SVC extrinsically. Current treatment options include radiotherapy or chemotherapy to shrink the tumor or endovascular stenting ...
Tzu-Ting Kuo, Po-Lin Chen, C. Shih, I. Chen   +3 more
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Role of Physical Therapists in the Management of Individuals at Risk for or Diagnosed With Venous Thromboembolism: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline [PDF]

, 2016
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), in conjunction with the Cardiovascular & Pulmonary and Acute Care sections of APTA, have developed this clinical practice guideline to assist physical therapists in their decision-making process when ...
Auten, Beth, Frese, Ethel M., Hillegass, Ellen, Puthoff, Michael, Sobush, Dennis, Thigpen, Mary   +5 more
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Case report of a Patient with SVC syndrome in the course of pulmonary hilar and mediastinal neoplasia

Quality in Sport
Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a serious clinical condition caused by obstruction of the superior vena cava, usually due to malignancies. We present a case of a 67-year-old woman with SVCS secondary to a tumour in the right pulmonary hilum and ...
Paweł Święch, Przemysław Jaźwiec, Andrzej Bazan   +2 more
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Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Absent Right Superior Vena Cava with Left Subclavian Vein Stenosis: Technical Challenges with Pacemaker Implantation

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019
We present a challenging case of a 75-year-old female with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and symptomatic sick sinus syndrome (SSS) who presented for a dual chamber pacemaker implantation and was found to have persistent left superior ...
Khalil Kanjwal, Michael Soos, Daniel Gonzalez-Morales, Ibrahim Shah, Mohan Madala, Majid Mughal, Muhammad Awais Kang   +6 more
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A Review of Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in Hong Kong Chinese Patients [PDF]

, 2001
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Lee, WMA, Sze, WM, Wai, HPS, Yau, TK, Yeung, RMW   +4 more
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The inferior caval vein draining into the left atrial cavity : a rare case [PDF]

, 2011
The inferior vena cava (IVC) draining into the left atrium (LA) is exceedingly rare in the setting of the usual atrial arrangement (situs solitus).
McCarthy, Karen, Shiina, Y., Slavik, S., Uemura, H., Yen Ho, S.   +4 more
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Angiopoietin-2 predicts morbidity in adults with Fontan physiology. [PDF]

, 2019
Morbidity in patients with single-ventricle Fontan circulation is common and includes arrhythmias, edema, and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) among others. We sought to identify biomarkers that may predict such complications.
Aboulhosn, Jamil A, Boström, Kristina I, Conrad, Miles B, Guihard, Pierre J, Iruela-Arispe, M Luisa, Kim, Helen, Lluri, Gentian, Pawlikowska, Ludmila, Shirali, Aditya S   +8 more
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Superior vena cava syndrome revealing a Behçet’s disease [PDF]

, 2015

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Superior and inferior vena cava syndrome caused by a rare lung cancer: A case report

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is commonly caused by mediastinal malignancies. Early identification through clinical signs and imaging is critical to avoid complications including cerebral and laryngeal edema, and cardiogenic ...
Amey Joshi, Jason Law, Niket Shah, Harith Ghnaima, Maxwell Akanbi, Richa Tikaria   +5 more
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