title: ACUTE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA OBSTRUCTION WITH INTRACAVITARY THROMBOSIS: A COMPLICATION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION.
abstract: This report describes a patient who developed acute superior vena cava syndrome, intracavitary right atrial thrombus, and recurrent pulmonary emboli 10 days after central venous catheterization. The patient was treated successfully by emergency thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
authors.forename: Arun K.
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: David L.
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Dykhuizan
authors.forename: Lester L.
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Vargas