Balloon dilation of the superior vena cava (SVC) resulting in SVC rupture and pericardial tamponade: A case report and brief review

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 372-376

  Brown, Karen T ^a   Getrajdman, George I ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty complication; Superior vena cava syndrome; Vena cava, interventional procedure; Vena cava, stenosis or obstruction

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRAIN; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RUPTURE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 21144451158     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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