[Superior venacavography at the patient's bedside].
Acute onset of superior vena cava syndrome in critically ill patients, hours after cardiac surgery, needs angiographic documentation without delay in order to proceed with appropriate treatment. Bedside diagnostic venacavography was done for two patients in the surgical intensive care unit with a simple and safe method using a central venous catheter already in place.
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D002404:Catheterization; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013577:Syndrome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
La phlébographie cave supérieure au lit du patient.