Relief of sleep apnea after intravascular stenting for superior vena cava syndrome.
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.
Fernandez
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Department of Vascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale 33309, USA.
Smolley
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Swirsky
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Kaye
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MD
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
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator