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Relief of sleep apnea after intravascular stenting for superior vena cava syndrome

Bernardo Fernandez, Jr

Department of Vascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Laurence A Smolley

Department of Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Stephen M Swirsky

Medical Student, Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Davie, FL, USA

Mark D Kaye

Department of Interventional Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

A rarely reported association of sleep apnea and superior vena cava stenosis from mediastinal fibrosis is described. A case is presented where substantial improvement in the sleep parameters and the symptoms of sleep apnea occurred subsequent to superior vena cava thrombolysis and stent angioplasty.

Key Words: fibrosing mediastinitis • sleep apnea • stent angioplasty • superior vena cava syndrome • thrombolysis

Vascular Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 1, 33-36 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/1358836X9900400106
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