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Venous Thrombosis as a Cause of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

1983; American Medical Association; Volume: 143; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archinte.1983.00350050216044

1538-3679

Philip O. Katz,

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Venous thrombosis, resulting in superior vena cava syndrome, developed in a patient with two permanent transvenous pacemaker wires. Therapy with streptokinase resulted in prompt relief of the obstruction, with no complications. In properly selected patients, streptokinase may be the treatment of choice for this potentially life-threatening problem.