Why the study?
Does the use of indwelling pulmonary artery catheters cause superior vena cava syndrome?
Population
3 patients with superior vena cava syndrome associated with indwelling pulmonary artery catheters
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May signal superior vena cava syndrome risk with indwelling pulmonary artery catheters; hypothesis-generating and leaves open causality.
Does the use of indwelling pulmonary artery catheters cause superior vena cava syndrome?
Indwelling pulmonary artery catheters may be associated with thrombogenic complications such as superior vena cava syndrome.
Joel M. Gore (1984) studied this question.
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