CHYLOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE AND A SUSPECTED PARTIALLY THROMBOSED SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

Cardiac Tamponade after Stenting for Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

Percutaneous transluminal stenting has been well documented in use for the treatment of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction. It offers relatively safe and rapid alleviation of the symptoms of SVC obstruction due to malignancy compared with other treatment modalities. However, cardiac tamponade after stenting treatment occasionally occurrs. Here, we present a case of 48-year-old female patient ...

[Cardiac transplantation in a patient with a persistent left superior vena cava and an absent right superior vena cava].

Persistent left superior vena cava is the most common congenital venous abnormality of the thorax and has a prevalence of 0.5% among the general population.1 Other related malformations include absent right superior vena cava and presence of a left azygos vein. In these situations, the right side of the head and the right arm drain mainly through the innominate vein in the left superior vena ca...

Askin Tumor Presenting as Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Superior vena cava syndrome.

Approximately 15,000 cases of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction are diagnosed in the United States annually. Malignancies (primarily lung cancer) are the underlying cause of 80-85% of cases, leaving 15-20% caused by various benign conditions, including sclerosing mediastinitis (the diagnosis in our case). Thrombolytic therapy and major advances in vascular techniques in recent years have imp...

Superior Vena Cava Electrode

Background A unipolar defibrillation system using a single right ventricular (RV) electrode and the active shell or "CAN" of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator itself situated in a left infraclavicular pocket has been shown to be as efficient in defibrillation as an epicardial lead system. The purpose of this study was to determine whether defibrillation efficacy can be improved further...