Successful thrombectomy of the superior vena cava thrombosis in a newborn after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
Superior vena cava (SVC)-thrombosis in a neonate after cardiac surgery is difficult to manage. This article reports on the successful treatment of SVC-syndrome in a critically ill newborn by surgical thrombectomy and reinsertion of the SVC in the right atrial appendage in the beating heart.
Dittrich
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Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, D-79106Freiburg, Germany. dittrich@kikli.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
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Kececioglu
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