Pericardial tamponade after superior vena cava stent: are nitinol stents safe?
Placement of a single new-generation nitinol stent resulted in acute pericardial tamponade in a 70-year-old man with superior vena cava syndrome.
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202, USA. doc_ik@yahoo.com
Imran
I
Khalid
Mohammad
M
Omari
Tabindeh J
TJ
Khalid
Eduardo
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Castillo
Akshay
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Khandelwal
Ron
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Kattoo
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol