Superior vena cava syndrome: An increasingly frequent complication of cardiac procedures

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 226-230

  Chee, Cheng E ^a   Bjarnason, Haraldur ^a   Prasad, Abhiram ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORELGESTROMIN; HEPARIN; INDOMETACIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARM SWELLING; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEG SWELLING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PRESSURE; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33947693275     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0850     Document Type: Review

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