MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA SYNDROME AFTER PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION

Authors
KITAMURA J MURAKAMI Y SHIMADA T OCHIAI K TANABE K YOSHITOMI H SANO K MURAKAMI R MORIOKA S
Citation
J. Kitamura et al., MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA SYNDROME AFTER PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 37(1), 1996, pp. 83-85
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
83 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)37:1<83:MOBIUI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report a case of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome that was assesse d by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). A highly echogenic eccentric les ion was demonstrated by IVUS. The use of IVUS also confirmed in vivo t hat SVC syndrome following pacemaker insertion occurs as a result of i ntimal thickening of the venous wall. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.