title: Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of the superior vena cava syndrome resulting from aortic dissection: a multiplane study.
abstract: The case of an 82-year-old patient with signs and symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome is described. A multiplane transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated anatomic and Doppler flow evidence of superior vena caval obstruction due to compression by a dissected, aneurysmal ascending aorta. Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography is particularly useful in the diagnosis of superior vena cava syndrome when it is a sequela of thoracic aortic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kronzon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology