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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2009 Superior vena cava syndrome is a common complication of malignancy. The epidemiology, presentation, and diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with the syndrome are reviewed. Management options including chemotherapy and radiation therapy and the role of endovascular stents are discussed along with the evidence for each of the therapeutic options.
Andrea Bezjak +2 more
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Malignant Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: State of the Art
Cureus, 2022 Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a clinical entity characterized by signs and symptoms arising from the obstruction or occlusion of the thin-walled superior vena cava (SVC) and can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
Vasileios Patriarcheas +10 more
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Endovascular Stenting in Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2022 Endovascular stenting has been used to manage superior vena cava syndrome for several decades and has become standard firstline practice. This study aims to investigate the outcomes of endovascular stenting in the management of superior vena cava ...
E. Aung +4 more
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Etiologies, Manifestations, and Treatments.
Seminars in interventional radiology, 2022 Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction, whether from benign or malignant causes, results in a variety of symptoms. It is a potential medical emergency when cerebral or laryngeal edema occurs.
K. Quencer
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Targeted decrease of portal hepatic pressure gradient improves ascites control after TIPS
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 The river diagram demonstrates that after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion (TIPS) the majority of patients without ascites and 50% of the patients with ascites detectable at ultrasound, show the best response in the long term follow‐up.
Alexander Queck +14 more
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Tumor mass in the lung with superior vena cava syndrome [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2022 Group of symptoms due to vena cava superior obstruction is named superior vena cava syndrome. A 65-year-old female, long-standing smoker was presented with a two-week history of dry cough and facial swelling.
Petrović-Majstorović Tatjana +4 more
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome and Wallstent: A Systematic Review
Annals of Vascular Diseases, 2022 Purpose: To elucidate the indication, presentation, demographics, Stanford classification, technical efficacy, morbidity, mortality and long term patency of Wallstent for superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome.
A. Kordzadeh +3 more
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Superior vena cava syndrome caused by epitheloid hemangioma [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005 Aim. A case is presented of the surgical treatment of epitheloid hemangioma as a rare cause of superior vena cava syndrome. Case report. A 53-year old woman was admitted to the clinic with the symptoms and signs of superior vena cava syndrome.
Ilić Radoje +3 more
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Level-set based pre-processing algorithm for particle-based methods [PDF]
Computer Physics Communications, Volume 289, August 2023, 108744, 2022 Obtaining high quality particle distribution representing clean geometry in pre-processing is essential for the simulation accuracy of the particle-based methods. In this paper, several level-set based techniques for cleaning up `dirty' geometries automatically and generating homogeneous particle distributions are presented.
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Fibrosing Mediastinitis Presenting With Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Cureus, 2022 Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is an uncommon diagnosis that involves the proliferation of extensive, dense fibrous tissue in the mediastinum.
Jee Ha Park +2 more
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