title: Intracardiac causes of superior vena cava obstruction.
abstract: Most causes of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction are extracardiac. In rare instances, an intracardiac process may obstruct the venous return from the SVC. This is illustrated by a report of a patient with a congenital coronary artery fistula to the right atrium obstructing the SVC return. We propose a classification and clinical approach to the differential diagnosis of SVC obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yatsiv
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simcha
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*