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Figure 1


Figure 1 Complete SVC Occlusion in a 29-Year-Old Patient With Mustard Operation Who Presented With Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia

The superior vena cava (SVC) was found to be occluded (left, arrow) on magnetic resonance imaging and was recanalized with placement of a Genesis XD stent. The patient developed hemothorax during the procedure, which was managed with drainage and placement of a second covered stent (right). MPA = main pulmonary artery.