Abstract
Fibrotic central venous occlusions in patients with thoracic malignancy and prior radiotherapy can be impassable with standard catheters and wires, including the trailing or stiff end of a hydrophilic wire. We report two patients with superior vena cava syndrome in whom we successfully utilized a radiofrequency guide wire (PowerWire, Baylis Medical, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) to perforate through the occlusion and recanalize the occluded segment to alleviate symptoms.
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Davis, R.M., David, E., Pugash, R.A. et al. Radiofrequency Guide Wire Recanalization of Venous Occlusions in Patients with Malignant Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 35, 676–679 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0279-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0279-7