Open AccessTransient Compression of the Left Innominate Vein
Author(s) -
Herbert L. Fred,
Don C. Wukasch,
Zoltan Petrany
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.29.5.758
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , venous return curve , vein , jugular vein , aorta , thoracic aorta , surgery , hemodynamics
A patient with left-sided cervical venous distention associated with systemic hypertension and congestive heart failure is presented. Angiographic study showed venous return from the left external jugular veins to be impeded by an elongated but otherwise normal thoracic aorta compressing the left innominate vein. Once the hypertension and cardiac failure were controlled, compression of the left innominate vein regressed and the cervical venous engorgement disappeared.
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