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Title: Radiofrequency Guide Wire Recanalization of Venous Occlusions in Patients with Malignant Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Journal Article · · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
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  1. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Interventional Radiology (Canada)

Fibrotic central venous occlusions in patients with thoracic malignancy and prior radiotherapy can be impassable with standard catheters and wires, including the trailing or stiff end of a hydrophilic wire. We report two patients with superior vena cava syndrome in whom we successfully utilized a radiofrequency guide wire (PowerWire, Baylis Medical, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) to perforate through the occlusion and recanalize the occluded segment to alleviate symptoms.

OSTI ID:
21608510
Journal Information:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 35, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0279-7; Copyright (c) 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English