Superior vena cava syndrome secondary to saphenous venous graft aneurysm with right atrial fistula

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-47

  Fares, Wassim ^a,b   Sharifi, Mohsen ^a   Steele, Robert ^a   Sarhill, Nabeel ^a   Sopko, Joseph ^a   Ramana, C V ^a   Koch, J Michael ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Vincent Charity Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil embolization; Saphenous vein graft aneurysm; Saphenous vein graft fistula; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FISTULA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM;

AGED; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 0042818385     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10601     Document Type: Article

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