Intracardiac endograft stent of inferior vena cava stenosis after cardiac surgery

Tiago Soares; Paulo Dias; Sérgio Sampaio; José Teixeira

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.12.012

Intracardiac endograft stent of inferior vena cava stenosis after cardiac surgery

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2022 Jan 4;8(1):67-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.12.012. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Tiago Soares^{1

2}, Paulo Dias^{1

2}, Sérgio Sampaio², José Teixeira¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, São João Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal.
² Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

Iatrogenic injury of the inferior vena cava is very uncommon but can lead to serious devastating sequelae. This can occur during reoperative or congenital surgery but also during routine cardiac surgery. We have presented a very rare case of a partial obstruction of the inferior vena cava-right atrium junction after multiple cardiac surgeries, which was treated using an endovascular percutaneous approach.

Keywords: Cardiac surgery; Inferior vena cava; Intracardiac stent.

Publication types

Case Reports