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01-08-2003 | Case Report

Fatal Complications After Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement for Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome

Authors: Takuji Yamagami, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yoko Kin, Yukiko Takimoto, Tsunehiko Nishimura

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 4/2003

Abstract

We present the case of a 71-year-old man with inferior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymph nodes from hepatocellular carcinoma with serious complications that were strongly suspected to result from rapid changes in hemodynamics after self-expandable metallic stent placement.

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Title: Fatal Complications After Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement for Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome
Authors: Takuji Yamagami
Toshiyuki Nakamura
Yoko Kin
Yukiko Takimoto
Tsunehiko Nishimura
Publication date: 01-08-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 4/2003
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-0508-9

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