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Placement of a single new-generation nitinol stent resulted in acute pericardial tamponade in a 70-year-old man with superior vena cava syndrome.

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Cardiac Tamponade Carcinoma Non-Small-Cell Lung Stents Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

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Pericardial Tamponade after Superior Vena Cava Stent: Are Nitinol Stents Safe?

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