RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Percutaneous endovascular catheter aspiration thrombectomy of severe superior vena cava syndrome
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F64
OP F66
DO 10.1136/fn.87.1.F64
VO 87
IS 1
A1 M Ries
A1 M Zenker
A1 M Girisch
A1 J Klinge
A1 H Singer
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F64.abstract
AB We report a combined percutaneous endovascular approach, including thrombus aspiration and catheter directed local thrombolysis, followed by systemic thrombolytic therapy to treat severe superior vena cava syndrome in a 2½12 week old infant. This procedure was performed on the fifth postoperative day after major surgery. No treatment complications were observed. The only predisposing condition for thrombosis was a central venous line. No other acquired or genetic risk factors for thrombosis could be found.