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Lung consolidation as an acoustic window to superior vena cava by transthoracic ultrasonography in the intensive care unit

Authors: Issac Cheong, Cristian Benay, Francisco Marcelo Tamagnone, Pablo Martín Merlo

Published in: Journal of Echocardiography | Issue 4/2023

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The superior vena cava (SVC), due to its anatomical location, is challenging to evaluate by transthoracic ultrasonography. There are descriptions in the literature of its evaluation through a right supraclavicular and a modified left parasternal approach, but in both cases its visualization is partial [1, 2]. We describe an unusual case in which it was possible to visualize the entire length of the SVC due to the presence of right lung consolidation. …

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Title: Lung consolidation as an acoustic window to superior vena cava by transthoracic ultrasonography in the intensive care unit
Authors: Issac Cheong
Cristian Benay
Francisco Marcelo Tamagnone
Pablo Martín Merlo
Publication date: 10-08-2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Published in: Journal of Echocardiography / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1349-0222
Electronic ISSN: 1880-344X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-022-00584-7

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