T he heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is ...

Normal catheter function was observed among 85.7%. No complete catheter occlusion was observed. Aspiration problems were observed in 9 cases, and both injection and aspiration problems in 1 case.

The complexity of the procedure was carefully explained to the patient and his family beforehand.

Chen, H. and Xu, W. (2025) Ultrasound Revealed Right Atrial Tumor Thrombus in a Patient with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Case Report. Yangtze Medicine, 9, 125-130. doi: 10.4236/ym.2025.92010 .

2. Giang do TC, Rajeesh G, Vaidyanathan B. Prenatal diagnosis of isolated interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation to superior vena cava. Ann Pediatr Cardiol 2014; 7: 49-51. 3. Batouty ...

However, concomitant pulmonary vein isolation with aortic valve replacement via a minimally invasive approach is challenging [1, 2]. Moreover, to our knowledge, concomitant ablation of persistent left ...

But when a nurse makes me laugh while a poisonous chemo drug is entering my body through a port attached to my superior vena cava vein near my heart, I tend to connect with her. To really understand, ...

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: An Increasingly Frequent Complication of Cardiac Procedures Cheng E Chee; Haraldur Bjarnason; Abhiram Prasad Disclosures Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2007;4 (4):226-230.

The IVC gets its name from its structure and location. It is the lower, or inferior, part of the vena cava—a large vein also made up of the superior vena cava that carries blood from the head, neck, ...

There was no venous pulsation in the neck, indicating the likely occlusion of the jugular veins. These signs were consistent with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome.

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 ...