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A patient was referred for superior vena cava (SVC) stenting prior to surgical biopsy of a mediastinal mass. A technically satisfactory insertion was followed 6 months later by cardiac tamponade with two legs of the Wallstent having perforated the wall of the SVC.
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Smith, S., Manhire, A. & Clark, D. Delayed Spontaneous Superior Vena Cava Perforation Associated with a SVC Wallstent. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 24, 286–287 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-001-0022-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-001-0022-x