2008
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2007.10.002
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Obstruction of Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Because of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum

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“…Obstruction of the lumen of the SVC from LHIS is unusual. To our knowledge, only sporadic case reports describing this association exist in the literature 7‐11 . In our patient SVC obstruction was evident on imaging and at the time of operation, although the patient lacked physical stigmata of SVC obstruction.…”
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“…Obstruction of the lumen of the SVC from LHIS is unusual. To our knowledge, only sporadic case reports describing this association exist in the literature 7‐11 . In our patient SVC obstruction was evident on imaging and at the time of operation, although the patient lacked physical stigmata of SVC obstruction.…”
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confidence: 55%
“…En la mayoría de los casos, la HLSI no requiere ningún tratamiento específico. El tratamiento quirúrgico de HLSI no suele ser necesario 19,20 y cuando se interviene quirúrgicamente debe limitarse a los pacientes con severos e intratables trastornos del ritmo, inestabilidad hemodinámica 21 , síntomas de síndrome de la vena cava superior o obstrucción de la aurícula derecha 3,[22][23][24] . En nuestro caso, en la autopsia macroscópica observamos que la masa adiposa comprimía las venas cavas, sobre todo la inferior y la vena pulmonar derecha superior y la paciente presentaba manifestaciones clínicas de insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva y disfunción respiratoria.…”
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