Anesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome due to anterior mediastinal mass

• Main Authors: Kapil Chaudhary (Author), Anshu Gupta (Author), Sonia Wadhawan (Author), Divya Jain (Author), Poonam Bhadoria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome carries a possible risk of life-threatening complications such as cardiovascular collapse and complete airway obstruction during anesthesia. Superior vena cava syndrome results from the enlargement of a mediastinal mass and consequent compression...