Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 372-380 , February 2008

Benign superior vena cava syndrome: Stenting is now the first line of treatment

Presented at the Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery Baltimore, Md, Jun 7-10, 2007.

  • Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Manju Kalra, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Manju Kalra, MBBS, Mayo Clinic, Gonda Vascular Center, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
    • ,
  • Haraldur Bjarnason, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • ,
  • Thomas C. Bower, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • ,
  • Cathy Schleck, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
    • ,
  • Peter Gloviczki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

Received 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)01598-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.071

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 372-380 , February 2008

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