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The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Evolving Etiology

Abstract: Malignancy is the most common cause of the superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. With the increasing use of intravascular devices, the incidence of the SVC syndrome arising from benign etiologi... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome and telangiectasia in a man with lymphoma

Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas have differing cellular origins, presentations and clinical characteristics ... superior vena cava syndrome. This syndrome occurs when venous return from the uppe... read more

Thromboembolic Events in Children and Young Adults With Pediatric Sarcoma

Patients and Methods To determine the risk and clinical features of TEs ... occurred in the inferior vena cava, two (9%) occurred in the right atrium, and one (4%) each occurred in the superior vena c... read more

Thymomas: A Continuing Challenge

[4] It is still unclear whether thymoma causes myasthenia gravis or vice versa ... Extended operations can be successfully carried out that include the lung, innominate vein, superior vena cava, aorti... read more

The Evaluation and Management of Bradycardia

Normal Anatomy and Physiology of the Conduction System The sinus node is a collection of specialized cells located in the sulcus terminalis at the junction of the superior vena cava and the ... is due ... read more

A detailed comparison of mouse and human cardiac development

Bilateral venae cavae and prominent atrial appendages were seen in the mouse fetus; in human fetuses, atrial appendages were small, and a single right superior vena cava was present ... These comparis... read more

Differences in Brain Temperature and Cerebral Blood Flow During Selective Head Versus Whole-Body Cooling

Clinical trials are in progress ... via the right and left femoral arteries, the superior sagittal sinus (after creation of a midline 4-mm diameter burr hole over the sagittal suture), and the superio... read more

Motion-Compensation Techniques in Neonatal and Fetal MR Imaging

The purpose of this article is to review currently available motion-compensation techniques including different approaches ... left decubitus position is preferred to prevent inferior vena cava syndro... read more

An appalling tale of surgical "teaching" in the operating room

There I was, a third year medical student early in my clinical rotations, almost completely inexperienced ... during an elective AAA repair as she dissected around the inferior vena cava (IVC). The IV... read more

BRAF-Targeted Therapy to Treat Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in a Patient With Metastatic Cancer

Because SVCS does not typically present as an emergency situation, it is classically treated only when the symptoms are severe or there is an underlying malignancy. Common approaches include chemother... read more

Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment Progress and Prospects

[10] Because of similarities in the clinical behavior and biochemical and growth characteristics of the subtypes ... dysphagia, and superior vena cava syndrome also occur frequently. Paraneoplastic sy... read more

The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Evolving Etiology

From the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine (TWR, RMR, RWL), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care (RMR, RWL), Saint Thomas Hosp... read more