title: Superior vena cava syndrome caused by aneurysm of the innominate artery.
abstract: Isolated aneurysms or ruptures of the innominate artery are rare causes of the superior vena cava syndrome. We report on a patient who suffered an isolated acute expansion and rupture of an innominate artery aneurysm that precipitated a dramatic superior vena cava syndrome. Immediate repair using modern surgical techniques, cardiopulmonary bypass, profound hypothermia, circulatory arrest, and a Dacron graft rapidly cured the patient of this deadly syndrome.
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: McFarland
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Kahn
authors: C F
authors: CF
authors: Bellows
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Shah
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Koenigsberg
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Parsons
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Whitman
authors: V J
authors: VJ
authors: DiSesa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed