OBSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF TWO PERSONAL CASES
Authors: F T McINTIRE, E M SYKES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 May 1949OBSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF TWO PERSONAL CASESFLOYD T. MCINTIRE, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWIN M. SYKES JR., M.D.FLOYD T. MCINTIRE, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWIN M. SYKES JR., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-5-925 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe superior vena caval syndrome is due to obstruction of the superior vena cava, bilateral innominate vein obstruction or arteriovenous fistula between the ascending aorta and superior vena cava. This presentation is limited to a discussion of obstruction of the superior vena cava, either partial or complete. It does not include bilateral innominate vein obstruction or arteriovenous communication between the superior vena cava and ascending aorta, unless these conditions are found coincidentally with superior vena caval obstruction. Perfection of technic of angiography, phlebography, venous pressure, and circulation time has stimulated renewed interest in this syndrome. The clinical picture results...Bibliography COLLATERAL REFERENCES WITHOUT CASE REPORTS1. ACHARD : Tumore del mediastino, Gass. d. osped. e. clin., 1921, xlii, 597-599. Google Scholar2. ACHARDPAISSEAU CG: 1908 (quoted by Brannan19). Google Scholar3. ALTSCHULEIGLAUERZAMCHECK MDAM: Respiration and circulation in patients with obstruction of the superior vena cava, Arch. Int. Med., 1945, lxxv, 24-29. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ARMSTRONGCOGGINHENDRICKSON ELCBHS: Spontaneous arteriovenous aneurysms of thorax; review of literature, with report of two cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiii, 298-317. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. 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