ACUTE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA OBSTRUCTION WITH INTRACAVITARY THROMBOSIS: A COMPLICATION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION

Autor: Arun K., Singh, David L., Dykhuizan, Lester L., Vargas
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular diseases. 6(3)
ISSN: 0093-3546
Popis: This report describes a patient who developed acute superior vena cava syndrome, intracavitary right atrial thrombus, and recurrent pulmonary emboli 10 days after central venous catheterization. The patient was treated successfully by emergency thoracotomy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE