The inferior vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from your liver and the lower half of your body to the right side of your heart.

One venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients, a new study shows ...

The catheter location by venous pO 2 and saturation was predicted to be in the left atrium in 10 patients and in the right atrium, right atrial/inferior vena cava junction, inferior vena cava, or ...

Caput medusae is usually easy to see, so your doctor will likely focus on determining whether it’s due to liver disease or a blockage in your inferior vena cava.

Inferior Vena Cava Diameter Correlates With Invasive Hemodynamic Measures in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients With Sepsis. Schefold JC, Storm C, Bercke S, et al.

A new study shows that one venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients.

The metallic stent had been placed inside his inferior vena cava (the main vessel to receive blood from the lower half of the body) as the patient had previously been diagnosed with a liver ...

Michelle Morgan-Grainger, 42, from Liverpool, suffered from 'incurable' liver cancer but a surgeons saved her after reconstructing her lived with a cow's heart tissue.

A review of the use of ultrasound in measuring the inferior vena cava as a surrogate of intravascular volume status to determine how best to integrate these measurements into the practice of medicine.