A case study of a patient who developed superior vena cava syndrome following radiofrequency ablation of the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes, and pacemaker implantation. News & Perspective ...

Less commonly, patients can have symptoms of cerebral edema, including headache, confusion, dizziness and altered mental status.1, 2 Duplex ultrasonography is generally the first investigation when ...

Diagnosis Superior vena cava syndrome due to thrombotic obstruction—a complication of a cardiac procedure. ... contrast-enhanced CT of the chest, Doppler ultrasonography of the upper ...

He was diagnosed with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome and was admitted to the ICU. A CT scan of the chest and PET CT showed extensive mediastinal adenopathy with compression of superior vena ...

Chen, H. and Xu, W. (2025) Ultrasound Revealed Right Atrial Tumor Thrombus in a Patient with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Case Report. Yangtze Medicine, 9, 125-130. doi: 10.4236/ym.2025.92010 .

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is more common in people who have lung cancer or cancer that spreads to the chest. The SVC is a large vein in the upper body that drains blood away from the head ...

Compression or obstruction of the superior vena cava, a major vein in your body, can lead to superior vena cava syndrome, or SVCS. It’s treatable, but most cases are caused by cancer. The ...

Cite this: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: An Increasingly Frequent Complication of Cardiac Procedures - Medscape - Apr 01, 2007. Summary and The Case Discussion of Diagnosis ...