Diagnosis Superior vena cava syndrome due to thrombotic obstruction---a complication of a cardiac procedure. Management Anticoagulation, catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy, mechanical ...

Postoperative chest CT showed superior vena cava malformation: the left and right cephalic and brachial veins converge anteriorly on the left side of the aortic arch, travel down the left anterior ...

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is when something -- usually a cancerous tumor -- blocks or pinches the superior vena cava, a major vein that carries blood from your chest, neck, and head to ...

You have two venae cavae: the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. Together, these large veins carry deoxygenated (with the oxygen removed) blood from all over the body to the right ...

P3 Antiphospholipid syndrome with thrombosis of the superior vena cava, brachiocephalic, subclavian, external carotid, internal carotid veins, and right side of the sigmoid sinus of the brain in a ...

Vena cava filters are generally safe and effective. A 2023 study suggests that the use of IVC filters is associated with significantly reduced risks of PE and other severe complications.

From there, the subclavian vein continues to the outer border of the first rib where it then joins the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein (also called the innominate vein). The ...

A central line, or a central venous catheter, accesses a more central vein within the torso, such as the vena cava. The vena cava is a large vein that carries blood back to the heart.

LACV is a venous channel between a pulmonary vein and a systemic vein with the most common variety being between the left upper pulmonary vein before its entry to the left atrium and the left ...

Compression or obstruction of the superior vena cava, a major vein in your body, can lead to superior vena cava syndrome, or SVCS. It’s treatable, but most cases are caused by cancer. The ...

Figure 2: (A) An axial contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the chest of a 53-year-old man showed obstruction of the superior vena cava secondary to the indwelling catheter (arrow) and the ...

Use of a strategy that involves additional superior vena cava isolation at repeat pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ablation for recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) / atrial tachycardia does not improve ...