title: Relief of sleep apnea after intravascular stenting for superior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: A rarely reported association of sleep apnea and superior vena cava stenosis from mediastinal fibrosis is described. A case is presented where substantial improvement in the sleep parameters and the symptoms of sleep apnea occurred subsequent to superior vena cava thrombolysis and stent angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale 33309, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Smolley
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Swirsky
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D017130:Angioplasty; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator