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Anesthesia & Analgesia: Volume 107, Issue 3, Page 788.
"Incidental Finding of Superior Vena Cava Mass Missed on Transesophageal Echocardiography but Seen on Epiaortic Imaging" by Mizuguchi et al.

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• Video Clips 1-4 -
  Video 1 consists of Clips 1 though 4. A narrative is provided. Please adjust the volume on your computer to hear the narrative. Clip 1: ME ascending aortic SAX view shows the SVC, Ao, RPA and MPA. No obvious mass is seen in the SVC. Clip 2: ME bicaval view shows no obvious mass in the SVC. Clip 3: Epiaortic image of the mobile mass seen in the SVC during routine epiaortic scanning of the aorta is noted. Clip 4: Modified ME bicaval view shows the mobile, serpentine mass in the SVC. ME=mid esophageal, SAX=short axis, SVC=superior vena cava, Ao=aorta, RPA=right pulmonary artery, MPA=main pulmonary artery, IVC=inferior vena cava, LA=left atrium, RA=right atrium, RV=right ventricle, TV=tricuspid valve, VEG=vegetations

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