PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of establishing a U-shaped inferior vena cava (IVC) catheter entirely from a transhepatic approach and to determine the catheter caliber that would provide ...

Once in place, the filter opens (imagine an umbrella), and the catheter is withdrawn. The filter anchors itself to the wall ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Sundick, MD The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein ...

A catheter was advanced into the IVC via a right internal jugular vein approach so as to minimize the radiation to the first patient's abdomen and pelvis. A nonobstructing thrombus was seen ...