Stenting for persistent left superior vena cava syndrome.
Persistent left superior vena cava is a common congenital anomaly. We present angiographic pictures and hemodynamic tracings from a case of superior vena cava syndrome in a patient with this anomaly. The images depict a challenging percutaneous intervention for the amelioration of the hemodynamic problem, made even more interesting as the patient was a recipient of orthotopic heart transplant.
Jolly
Neeraj
N
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. njolly@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Dhar
Gaurav
G
Anderson
Allen
A
D000328:Adult; D017130:Angioplasty; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*