TY - JOUR AU - López-Candales, Angel AU - Kaczorowski, David AU - Pellegrini, Ronald PY - 2005 DA - 2005/10/03 TI - An unusual clinical presentation resembling superior vena cava syndrome post heart surgery JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 31 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - An unusual sequence of post operative events heralded by hemodynamic deterioration followed by dyspnea and rapidly progressive dilatation of superficial neck and facial veins, resembling a superior vena cava syndrome, two days post surgical resection of filamentous aortic valve masses, closure of a patent foramen ovale, and performance of a modified Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation in a patient that presented with transient neurologic findings is presented. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-3-31 DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-3-31 ID - López-Candales2005 ER -