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Clinical Approach Defined for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

New Haven, Conn. — Yale Cancer Center physicians have presented clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of superior vena cava syndrome in this week’s issue of the New Engla... read more

Strategies for the Optimal Management of Dyspnea in Cancer Patients With Advanced Illness

Another complication of malignancy is superior vena cava syndrome. These patients typically respond well ... it can cause significant clinical symptoms and at times can be fatal.[13] Pulmonary toxicit... read more

Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (CHL)

Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) comprises about 10% of all lymphomas in North ... and/or stridor. However, superior vena cava syndrome is a relatively uncommon presentation of CHL. Older adult patien... read more

Intralesional Epinephrine Injection for Bleeding Endobronchial Tumor

Clinical diagnosis of a right lung mass with superior vena cava syndrome was made. Flexible bronchoscopy was ... depending on the criteria used to define marked bleeding and the patients studied. 1,2 ... read more

Talking With Aastrom Biosciences Execs: Previewing Clinical Trial Info

The event will feature a presentation by Richard Powell, MD, Principal Investigator in the RESTORE-CLI clinical ... DCM? Superior Vena Cava versus coronary artery administrations via femoral sticks mi... read more

Oncologic Emergencies and Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Superior vena cava syndrome ... this approach was indicated. Balloon angioplasty and surgical bypass have also been used in appropriate patients but are rarely indicated. Balloon angioplasty may be co... read more

Surgeons refine procedure for life-threatening congenital heart defect

For children born with life-threating hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), reconstructive surgeries can restore blood circulation. While the most common corrective approach is the ... the pulmonary ... read more

Dassault Systèmes Announces Commercial Availability of Its First Simulated Human Heart

This unique crowdsourcing approach has enabled ... Heart” model includes well-defined anatomic details of the heart as well as proximal vasculature, such as the aortic arch, pulmonary artery, and supe... read more

Chemotherapy Use at the End of Life in Uganda

To address the dearth in knowledge concerning chemotherapy use at the end of life in sub-Saharan Africa and to ... (Doctor 6) Someone might come in severely distressed with [lymphoma and] superior ven... read more

The Difficulties of a Randomized Study in Superior Vena Caval Obstruction

Advances in interventional radiology have allowed the introduction of expandable stents into the superior vena cava (SVC), with the theoretical ... Eligible patients were those with symptomatic clinic... read more

Incidence of deep vein thrombosis related to peripherally inserted central catheters in children and adolescents

Interpretation: The incidence of deep vein thrombosis related to peripherally inserted central catheters in our study was lower than the ... fluoroscopic guidance up to the junction of the superior ve... read more

Ectopic ACTH Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Cushing's syndrome was more intense in EAS, but the clinical and biological spectrum overlapped ... the thymic endocrine carcinoma was incomplete due to infiltration of superior vena cava (case 7), an... read more