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 right side of the heart. From there ...

Their findings indicate that this constriction is functional, rather than due to compression of the inferior vena cava by a large liver, and that by paracentesis this blockage to venous return is ...

24 for Thomas J. Shaknovsky's medical license, detailing how he severed patient William Bryan's inferior vena cava. This vessel connects the liver with the heart. The procedure ended up "resulting ...

Note the lesion extends into the inferior vena cava (curved arrow). Ultrasound-guided biopsy of necrotic metastasis from colon cancer. Gray-scale image of the liver shows a primarily fluid-filled ...