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Review Case Reports
Cardiac tamponade after malignant superior vena cava stenting: Two case reports and brief review of the literature.
- David Da Ines, Pascal Chabrot, Pascal Motreff, Agaïcha Alfidja, Lucie Cassagnes, Marc Filaire, Jean-Marc Garcier, and Louis Boyer.
- Department of Medical Imaging, Hotel-Dieu, Teaching Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France.
- Acta Radiol. 2010 Apr 1;51(3):256-9.
AbstractPercutaneous stenting of the superior vena cava (SVC) is usually recommended as a palliative procedure for malignant SVC obstruction with low reported morbidity. Complications are uncommon and usually of minor consequence. We report two unusual cases of cardiac tamponade following SVC stenting in patients with malignant SVC syndrome. Echocardiography allows rapid diagnosis and guides pericardial drainage in the interventional radiology suite.
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