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10370001

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to report our experience on the management of superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO) secondary to malignant disease, using endovascular procedures. Twenty-six patients with SVCO due to primary or secondary tumors of the lung or the mediastinum, or catheter inserted for treatment of an extra-thoracic neoplasm, had an endovascular therapy which consisted of stenting, angioplasty, thrombo-aspiration or local fibrinolysis. Immediately after the procedure, rapid relief of symptoms occurred in 24 (90 %) of the patients. The mean Kishi's score decreased from 5.5 to 0.96. Immediate complications included one death related to pericarditis bleeding following fibrinolysis. Three patients relapsed after 20 days, 4 months and 6 months, and needed a second stenting. At 6 months the primary patency rate was 83 % and the secondary patency rate was 89 %. Endovascular treatment of SVCOs is a simple and safe procedure to restore the patency of the superior vena cava in malignant SVCO. It should be indicated in most cases as first-line treatment and performed as early as possible.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0938-7994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
965-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Endovascular treatment of superior vena cava obstruction in patients with malignancies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, CHU A Michallon, BP 217, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 09, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article