The differential diagnoses of SVC syndrome include cardiac tamponade and right ventricular dysfunction. Dedicated cardiac imaging with echocardiography can distinguish between these diagnoses.

Conditions involving the IVC usually involve an obstruction (blockage) and may be referred to as inferior vena cava syndrome (IVCS). This describes a sequence of signs and symptoms resulting from ...

[13] reported 3 cases of SVC syndrome due to SVC stenosis. The authors did not comment as to whether the ablation procedure itself was a risk factor for development of the syndrome, but the study ...