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Kristyn Spera, Kenneth A Kesler1, Amjadullah Syed
1Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Dr, EH 215, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. kkesler@iupui.edu.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
|January 17, 2014
Abstract:
Superior vena cava (SVC) reconstruction is occasionally required in the treatment of benign and malignant conditions. We report a patient with symptomatic SVC obstruction secondary to mediastinal fibrosis successfully reconstructed with an aortic allograft.
