Transient Compression of the Left Innominate Vein

1 May 1964

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation

Vol. 29 (5) , 758-761
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.29.5.758

Abstract

A patient with left-sided cervical venous distention associated with systemic hypertension and congestive heart failure is presented. Angiographic study showed venous return from the left external jugular veins to be impeded by an elongated but otherwise normal thoracic aorta compressing the left innominate vein. Once the hypertension and cardiac failure were controlled, compression of the left innominate vein regressed and the cervical venous engorgement disappeared.

Keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY
AORTA, THORACIC
GERIATRICS
HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE
HYPERTENSION
INNOMINATE VEIN
JUGULAR VEIN
VASCULAR DISEASES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The Kinked Innominate Vein: Case Proved by Angiocardiography
Diseases of the Chest, 1962
THE KINKED INNOMINATE VEIN
Heart, 1960