An unusual cause of intraoperative acute superior vena cava syndrome

Acute intraoperative superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is an exceedingly rare complication in the cardiac surgical population. We describe the case of a 71-year-old female undergoing multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting who developed acute intraoperative SVC syndrome following internal thora...

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Main Authors: Adam W Amundson, Juan N Pulido, Geoffrey L Hayward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2013;volume=16;issue=2;spage=133;epage=136;aulast=Amundson