The treatment of superior vena cava syndrome secondary to idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis with balloon angioplasty and stenting

Am Surg. 2012 Dec;78(12):1405-6.

Authors

Paul M Phillips¹, Andrew C Mallette, Giorgio M Aru, Marc E Mitchell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Divisions of Thoracic and Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. pmphillips@umc.edu

PMID: 23265133

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Mediastinitis / complications*
Mediastinitis / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Phlebography / methods
Risk Assessment
Sampling Studies
Sclerosis / complications*
Sclerosis / diagnostic imaging
Stents*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / therapy*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency / physiology
Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

Mediastinal Fibrosis