Superior vena cava syndrome caused by aneurysm of the innominate artery.
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.
McFarland
J J
JJ
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
Kahn
M B
MB
Bellows
C F
CF
Shah
R M
RM
Koenigsberg
R A
RA
Parsons
R E
RE
Whitman
G J
GJ
DiSesa
V J
VJ
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