Superior vena caval obstruction by lipomatous hypertrophy of the right atrium.
A structural abnormality was suspected when passage of a Swan-Ganz catheter was obstructed at the distal superior vena cava (SVC). At autopsy, lipomatous hypertrophy of the right atrium markedly narrowed the lumen at the SVC-right atrial junction.
McNamara
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RF
Department of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
Taylor
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Panner
B J
BJ
D000368:Aged; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*