Exclusion of an Azygos Vein Varix With a Covered Stent

An azygos vein varix was incidentally discovered in a 26-year-old man. Owing to the potential risk of pulmonary emboli, we implanted a covered stent in the superior vena cava, effectively excluding the varix. Eighth months later, the varix was thrombosed and involuted. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced...

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Autores principales: Rothman, Joshua M., Galindo, Alvaro, Evans, William N., Restrepo, Humberto, Rothman, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Interventional Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.009
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author Rothman, Joshua M.
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description An azygos vein varix was incidentally discovered in a 26-year-old man. Owing to the potential risk of pulmonary emboli, we implanted a covered stent in the superior vena cava, effectively excluding the varix. Eighth months later, the varix was thrombosed and involuted. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-82992592021-07-26 Exclusion of an Azygos Vein Varix With a Covered Stent Rothman, Joshua M. Galindo, Alvaro Evans, William N. Restrepo, Humberto Rothman, Abraham JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Interventional Cardiology An azygos vein varix was incidentally discovered in a 26-year-old man. Owing to the potential risk of pulmonary emboli, we implanted a covered stent in the superior vena cava, effectively excluding the varix. Eighth months later, the varix was thrombosed and involuted. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2020-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8299259/ /pubmed/34317080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.009 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Exclusion of an Azygos Vein Varix With a Covered Stent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299259/
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