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Innominate Vein Stenosis in Association with Ipsilateral Hyperdynamic Brachiobasilic Fistula Causing Ipsilateral Limb and Hemifacial Swelling

A 34-year-old hypertensive woman with a hyperdynamic, left brachiobasilic dialysis fistula presented with a long history of throbbing in her head and swelling of the left side of the face. Tight stenosis of left brachiocephalic vein was found to be causing retrograde flow into the left jugular vein...

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Autores principales: Narendra, J. B., Sreenivas, J., Karthikeyan, V. S., Nagaraja, N. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29217882
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.194393
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Sumario:A 34-year-old hypertensive woman with a hyperdynamic, left brachiobasilic dialysis fistula presented with a long history of throbbing in her head and swelling of the left side of the face. Tight stenosis of left brachiocephalic vein was found to be causing retrograde flow into the left jugular vein which normalized after dilatation and stenting with resolution of all the symptoms and patient is asymptomatic for 1 year.