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Upper limb venous approach for stenting superior vena cava syndrome: Two interesting cases and review of literature
Sunil Nichaldas Gurmukhani1, Sanjay Shah1, Samir Pancholy2, Tejas Patel1
1 Department of Cardiology, Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2 Department of Cardiology, The Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA
Correspondence Address:
Sunil Nichaldas Gurmukhani
Department of Cardiology, Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijves.ijves_31_20
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In superior vena cava syndrome, relieving the obstruction by stenting is the treatment of choice to alleviate the symptoms. We present cases of two patients with superior vena cava obstruction who underwent successful revascularization with the placement of a self-expanding metallic stent using the upper limb venous approach.
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