Migration of superior vena cava stent

There has been a recent increase in the use of endovascular prostheses resulting in complex surgical and interventional complications not previously recognised. We report a case of Superior vena cava stenosis treated with a wallstent which migrated to the right atrium, necessitating a combined radio...

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Autores principales: Bagul, Nitin B, Moth, Phillipa, Menon, Narayan J, Myint, Fiona, Hamilton, George
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-12
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author Bagul, Nitin B
Moth, Phillipa
Menon, Narayan J
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Hamilton, George
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description There has been a recent increase in the use of endovascular prostheses resulting in complex surgical and interventional complications not previously recognised. We report a case of Superior vena cava stenosis treated with a wallstent which migrated to the right atrium, necessitating a combined radiological and surgical approach to retrieve it.
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spelling pubmed-22921622008-04-11 Migration of superior vena cava stent Bagul, Nitin B Moth, Phillipa Menon, Narayan J Myint, Fiona Hamilton, George J Cardiothorac Surg Letters to the Editor There has been a recent increase in the use of endovascular prostheses resulting in complex surgical and interventional complications not previously recognised. We report a case of Superior vena cava stenosis treated with a wallstent which migrated to the right atrium, necessitating a combined radiological and surgical approach to retrieve it. BioMed Central 2008-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2292162/ /pubmed/18331639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-12 Text en Copyright © 2008 Bagul et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Migration of superior vena cava stent
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title_full Migration of superior vena cava stent
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title_short Migration of superior vena cava stent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-12
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