The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical ... the right atrium of the heart as the cranial vena cava (Fig.

1–9 This investigation was designed to monitor the effect of measured gradual withdrawal of ascitic fluid upon hepatic-vein wedge pressure, inferior-vena-cava pressure, intraperitoneal pressure ...

The vena cava is the largest vein in the body. It carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the ...

Transthoracic echocardiography and CT demonstrated the presence of a mixed cystic/solid component tumor involving the inferior vena cava, heart and pulmonary artery. Complete resection of the ...