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Delayed Spontaneous Superior Vena Cava Perforation Associated with a SVC Wallstent

Journal Article · · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Radiology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD (United Kingdom)
  2. Department of Radiology, Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB (United Kingdom)
  3. Department of Pathology, Lincoln and Louth Hospital NHS Trust, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY (United Kingdom)
A patient was referred for superior vena cava (SVC) stenting prior to surgical biopsy of a mediastinal mass. A technically satisfactory insertion was followed 6 months later by cardiac tamponade with two legs of the Wallstent having perforated the wall of the SVC.
OSTI ID:
21083510
Journal Information:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Journal Name: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 24; ISSN 0174-1551; ISSN CAIRDG
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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