It catches and traps larger blood clots as they move up your inferior vena cava from your legs or pelvis. This filter keeps the clots from breaking apart, flowing through the vein, and moving into ...

Vena cava filters may prevent blood clots in your veins from reaching your lungs. They may be permanent, long-term solutions or temporary screens that may be removed after a few weeks or months.

I nferior vena cava filters are supposed to save lives. The spider-like devices catch blood clots before they can travel up to the lung and cause deadly pulmonary embolisms. But for over a decade ...

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is when something -- usually a cancerous tumor -- blocks or pinches the superior vena cava, a major vein that carries blood from your chest, neck, and head to ...

The inferior vena cava is one of two parts that make up the vena cava. The IVC carries blood from the legs, feet, and organs in the abdomen and pelvis to the right side of the heart.

If you have superior vena cava syndrome, blood doesn’t flow as well to the heart. ... If possible, they will place a stent to hold the vessel open and remove any blood clots present.

Doctors may recommend a vena cava filter for people who are unable to take anticoagulant medications and have a high risk of a blood clot moving to the lungs. A vena cava filter is a cone-shaped ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In November 1997, while traveling, I had a pulmonary embolism. I was treated with urokinase to the lungs and a vena cava filter was placed. In November 2006, I had a CT scan of my ...

Inferior Vena Cava (IVC): A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart. Agenesis: The absence or failure of an organ or part to develop normally during embryonic ...

Actual ligation of the vena cava is done with two heavy braided-silk ligatures placed about the vessel 2 or 3 cm. apart. Caution should be used when placing these ligatures in the region of the ...