The basketball star will miss the rest of the NBA season due to a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. Nine years ago, the issue ended the career of perennial All-Star Chris Bosh.

part of the vena cava—a large vein also made up of the superior vena cava that carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest in the upper body to the heart. The IVC is formed by the merging ...

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

They can be associated with arrhythmias, blood clots, and heart failure ... deoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cava and the coronary sinus collect in the right atrium.