Superior vena caval obstruction by lipomatous hypertrophy of the right atrium
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Cardiology
- Vol. 10 (10) , 609-610
- https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.4960101020
Abstract
A structural abnormality was suspected when passage of a Swan‐Ganz catheter was obstructed at the distal superior vena cava (SVC). At autopsy, lipomatous hypertrophy of the right atrium markedly narrowed the lumen at the SVC‐right atrial junction.Keywords
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