• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2010

    Case Reports

    Superior vena cava syndrome secondary to chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm after aortic valve replacement.

    • Toshihiro Fukui, Daijun Ro, and Shuichiro Takanashi.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, 3-16-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0003, Japan. tfukui-cvs@umin.ac.jp
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug 1;11(2):192-3.

    AbstractAscending aortic aneurysm is a rare cause of superior vena cava syndrome. Herein, we describe a case of superior vena cava syndrome caused by a chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm after aortic valve replacement. A successful replacement of the aortic root and ascending aorta led to an improvement of edema of the face and bilateral upper limbs caused by superior vena cava syndrome.

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