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Superior vena cava syndrome induced by lung hyperinflation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Superior vena cava syndrome is rarely attributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Case presentation We present the case of an 82-year-old Japanese man who experienced gradually progressive dyspnea on exertion. His physical examination
Nobuhiro Kanaji, Naoki Watanabe, Takuya Inoue, Hitoshi Mizoguchi, Kosuke Sakamoto, Yuta Komori, Kosuke Kawada, Norimitsu Kadowaki   +7 more
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Absent right superior vena cava and persistent left superior vena cava: An incidental finding

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023
A patient with Marfan syndrome undergoing Bentall operation was found to have an absent right superior vena cava and persistent left superior vena cava. The dilation of coronary sinus raised the suspicion of persistent left superior vena cava.
Swati Joshi, Ajmer Singh
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Orthotopic heart transplantation with reconstruction of persistent left superior vena cava

Surgical Case Reports, 2020
Background Persistent left superior vena cava is a not uncommon congenital vascular abnormality. We report a case of heart transplantation with reconstruction of persistent left superior vena cava using a prosthetic vascular graft. Case presentation A 20-
Kazuma Handa, Hiroki Hata, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Daisuke Yoshioka, Yoshiki Sawa   +6 more
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Superior vena cava syndrome caused by mediastinal lymphoma: A rare clinical case

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
The superior vena cava syndrome refers to a medical emergency resulting from superior vena cava compression, which develops in 2%-4% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Bruno Besteiro, MD, Carina Teixeira, MD, Irene Gullo, MD, Sofia Pereira, MD, Miguel Almeida, MD, Jorge Almeida, MD   +5 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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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, Louise Schwierz, Wenyi Gu, Philip G. Ferstl, Christian Jansen, Frank E. Uschner, Michael Praktiknjo, Johannes Chang, Maximilian J. Brol, Filippo Schepis, Manuela Merli, Christian P. Strassburg, Jennifer Lehmann, Carsten Meyer, Jonel Trebicka   +14 more
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Superior vena cava syndrome in a patient with locally advanced lung cancer with good response to definitive chemoradiation: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background The incidence of superior vena cava syndrome within the United States is roughly 15,000 cases per year. Superior vena cava syndrome is a potentially life-threatening medical condition; however, superior vena cava syndrome is not fatal in the ...
Jason Hinton, Alberto Cerra-Franco, Kevin Shiue, Lindsey Shea, Vasantha Aaron, Geoffrey Billows, Ahmad Al-Hader, Tim Lautenschlaeger   +7 more
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Emergence of highly profibrotic and proinflammatory Lrat+Fbln2+ HSC subpopulation in alcoholic hepatitis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Lrat+ quiescent hepatic stellate cells (qHSC) give rise to Lrat+Fbln2+ activated HSC (aHSC) in alcohol‐associated hepatitis and this subpopulation is highly profibrotic, inflammatory, and immunoregulatory based on their single cell transcriptomic profile. Abstract Background and Aims Relative roles of HSCs and portal fibroblasts in alcoholic hepatitis (
Steven Balog, Reika Fujiwara, Stephanie Q. Pan, Khairat B. El‐Baradie, Hye Yeon Choi, Sonal Sinha, Qihong Yang, Kinji Asahina, Yibu Chen, Meng Li, Matthew Salomon, Stanley W.‐K. Ng, Hidekazu Tsukamoto   +12 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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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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