Each hepatic vein can have two or more branches inside the liver. The three main hepatic veins link up at the top of your liver at the inferior vena cava, a large vein that drains the liver to ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Sundick, MD The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries oxygen-depleted blood from the torso and lower body to ...

The inferior vena cava goes up the abdomen on the right side of the spine (vertebral column). After connecting with the hepatic vein, it goes through the diaphragm, the muscle that helps you ...

Hepatic venous outflow obstruction may develop at the level of the hepatic venules, the large hepatic veins, the inferior vena cava, or the right atrium. Outflow obstruction results in increased he ...

The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis must be recognized and treated. This essential part of therapy is beyond the scope of this review ...

The inferior vena cava is also referred to as the posterior vena cava. The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart.

The parallel decreases of intra-abdominal pressure, hepatic-vein wedge pressure and inferior-vena-cava pressure during controlled, measured paracentesis in the absence of falls in cardiac output ...

The final impression was that the patient had Budd-Chiari syndrome due to membranous obstruction of the hepatic vein by a venous web. [5,7] The formation of the inferior vena cava during ...

THE anatomical descriptions of the venous system of the seal have impressively described the large hepatic venous sinuses and the existence of a sleeve-like valve surrounding the inferior vena cava1.