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Superior vena cava syndrome [PDF]

Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 2020
Summary: The superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is caused by compression, invasion, and/or thrombosis of the superior vena cava and/or the brachiocephalic veins. Benign SVCS is separated from malignant SVCS. SVCS comprises a broad clinical spectrum reaching from asymptomatic cases to rare life-threatening emergencies with upper airway obstruction and ...
Thomas Herold, Lukas P Beyer
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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.
Jonathan F, Wan, Andrea, Bezjak
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Superior vena cava obstruction presenting with epistaxis, haemoptysis and gastro-intestinal haemorrhage in two men receiving haemodialysis with central venous catheters: two case reports [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction secondary to central venous catheterization is an increasingly recognized complication. Case presentation We present two cases of superior vena cava obstruction secondary to indwelling central venous ...
Seerapani Gopaluni, Paul Warwicker, MD Alpana Chandra, MW Greenwell, AR Forauer, C Campisi, SC Rose, MD Carcao, EC Kovalik   +8 more
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome [PDF]

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2012
1.1 Anatomy The superior vena cava (SVC) originates in the chest, behind the first right sternocostal articulation, from the confluence of two main collector vessels: the right and left brachiocephalic veins which receive the ipsilateral internal jugular and subclavian veins. It is located in the anterior mediastinum, on the right side.
PUMA, Francesco, VANNUCCI, JACOPO
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Angiosarcoma of the superior vena cava [PDF]

Cancer, 1983
The first reported case of an angiosarcoma apparently arising from the superior vena cava is presented. The patient, a 20-year-old white man, was treated by surgical excision and reconstruction with dacron grafts from the left and right brachiocephalic veins to the right atrium. This was followed by a course of mediastinal irradiation.
R P, Abratt, M, Williams, M, Raff, N F, Dodd, C J, Uys   +4 more
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Vena cava anomalies in thoracic surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Vena cava anomalies are a rare group of anatomical variations due to an incorrect development of the superior or inferior vena cava during fetal life.
Anile, Marco, Anzidei, Michele, Bassi, Massimiliano, Diso, Daniele, Mantovani, Sara, Pagini, Andreina, Poggi, Camilla, Venuta, Federico   +7 more
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Echocardiography of the superior vena cava [PDF]

Clinical Cardiology, 2005
The anatomy and applied echocardiographic anatomy of the superior vena cava (SVC) are briefly described. Right supraclavicular interrogation of the SVC has been in use for many years, but supraclavicular two-dimensional (2-D) imaging of the SVC has been virtually ignored.
Rami N, Khouzam, Daniel, Minderman, Ivan A, D'Cruz   +2 more
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Endovascular treatment of superior vena cava syndrome: case report and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2006
We report a case of a patient with symptomatic benign superior vena cava syndrome treated by the endovascular technique. The angiographic resonance before angioplasty showed extensive thrombosis of the left brachiocephalic trunk, left subclavian vein and
Cardozo, Marco Aurélio, Erling Júnior, Nilon, Lichtenfels, Eduardo, Tarasconi, Dorvaldo P.   +3 more
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Massive benign pericardial cyst presenting with simultaneous superior vena cava and middle lobe syndromes [PDF]

, 2008
A 66 year old woman presented in extremis with symptoms and clinical and radiological signs of simultaneous obstruction of superior vena cava and middle lobe of right lung secondary to compression by a massive benign anterior mediastinal cyst.
Pankaj Kaul, Kalyana Javangula, Shahme A Farook, BD Lewis, J Nin Vivo, AVS Lambert, WI Lillie, LR Brown, SR Helms, BA Weinberg, M Toishi, A Kurushima, KN Priftis, A Shah, JD Kirzy, BN Kampalath, KN Priftis   +16 more
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Successful implantation of a biventricular pacing and defibrillator device via a persistent left superior vena cava [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction. Persistent left superior vena cava is the most common thoracic venous abnormality which is usually asymptomatic, found incidentally during pacemaker implantation.
Angelkov Lazar, Tomašević-Vukmirović Irena, Vukmirović Filip, Vukmirović Mihailo   +3 more
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