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Superior Vena Caval Stenosis

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This represents a typical case in which previous tunneled dialysis catheters resulted in central venous stenosis, which only became evident once the peripheral access was created.

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Beathard, G.A. (2017). Superior Vena Caval Stenosis. In: Yevzlin, A., Asif , A., Redfield III, R., Beathard, G. (eds) Dialysis Access Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57500-1_24

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