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Fatal Complications After Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement for Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome

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We present the case of a 71-year-old man with inferior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymph nodes from hepatocellular carcinoma with serious complications that were strongly suspected to result from rapid changes in hemodynamics after self-expandable metallic stent placement.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Takuji Yamagami, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yoko Kin, Yukiko Takimoto & Tsunehiko Nishimura

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Yamagami, T., Nakamura, T., Kin, Y. et al. Fatal Complications After Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement for Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome . CVIR 26, 400–402 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-0508-9

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