[Dilatation of superior vena cava and internal jugular vein following implantation of prosthetic mitral and aortic valves - a case report].
A case of a 47 year old male with a history of closed mitral commissurotomy performed in 1991 and implantation of prosthetic mitral and aortic valves in 1999, is presented. Three years after the second procedure the patient developed dilatation of superior vena cava and internal jugular vein.
Czubalska
Magdalena
M
Klinika Kardiologii Instytutu Kardiologii w Szpitalu Bielańskim im. ks. J. Popiełuszki, Warszawa, Zespół Badawczo-Leczniczy Chorób Układu Krazenia ICMDiK PAN, Poland.
Dabrowski
Marek
M
D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*