RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Superior vena cava syndrome after open heart surgery
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 93
OP 95
VO 59
IS 1
A1 Maggiano, H.J.
A1 Higgins, Thomas L.
A1 Lobo, W.
A1 Makos, G.
A1 Golding, Leonard A. R.
YR 1992
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/59/1/93.abstract
AB Superior vena cava syndrome is an uncommon complication of open heart surgery. While both cardiac tamponade and superior vena cava syndrome may present as elevated central venous pressure accompanied by decreased mean arterial pressure and cardiac output, the presence of upper body cyanosis is unusual with tamponade. We report the diagnosis and successful emergency treatment of a patient with acute superior vena cava syndrome and dyspnea apparently caused by a pericardial hematoma developing after aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting.