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The bridge occlusion balloon for venous angioplasty in superior vena cava occlusion

Abstract The Bridge Occlusion Balloon is a compliant balloon, specifically designed for temporary Superior vena cava occlusion in case of Superior Vena Cava laceration during lead extraction procedures. We here report the first case, using Bridge Occlusion Ballon for a venous angioplasty in a patient wit...

Upper vena cava syndrome secondary to giant atrial myxoma

SUMMARY Cardiac myxoma is a benign neoplasm, which corresponds to the most common primary heart tumour, responsible for about 50% of the cases. In general, 75-80% of myxomas are located in the left atrium, 18% in the right atrium, and more rarely in the ventricles or multicentric. Right atrial myxoma, in...

Síndrome de la vena cava superior por adenocarcinoma de pulmón a forma mediastinal
Superior vena cava syndrome due to lung adenocarcinoma on the mediastinal way

Rev. cuba. cir; 57 (2), 2018
La primera descripción realizada del síndrome de la vena cava superior (SVCS) la realizó William Hunter en 1757, en un paciente con aneurisma sifilítico de aorta. Actualmente con el desarrollo de los tratamientos antimicrobianos estas enfermedades son raras y se deben en un gran porcentaje a patologÃ...

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Arq. bras. cardiol; 109 (6), 2017

Intracardiac thrombosis in Behçet's disease: a life threatening event

Rev. bras. reumatol; 57 (1), 2017