How To Use Inferior vena cava In A Sentence
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Infracardiac: The pulmonary veins drain into the right atrium through the liver (hepatic) veins and the inferior vena cava (another of the large veins that normally carries only deoxygenated blood).
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
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Producing a discrete line of ablation between the tricuspid annulus and the inferior vena cava gives a line of electrical block and is associated with a high success rate in terminating flutter.
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In this manner a single trunk, the inferior vena cava (Fig. 480), is formed, and consists of the proximal part of the ductus venosus, the prerenal part of the right subcardinal vein, the postrenal part of the right cardinal vein, and the cross branch which joins these two veins.
V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System
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He or she places the third purse-string suture in the lowest portion of the right atrium near its junction with the inferior vena cava.
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During this surgery the inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body into the heart, is disconnected from the heart and attached to the pulmonary artery.
Single Ventricle Heart Defects

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The portal vein (vena portæ) is about 8 cm. in length, and is formed at the level of the second lumbar vertebra by the junction of the superior mesenteric and lienal veins, the union of these veins taking place in front of the inferior vena cava and behind the neck of the pancreas.
VII. The Veins. 4. The Portal System of Veins
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The European market for clot management devices, which comprises the sale of thrombectomy devices, thrombolytic infusion catheters, neurovascular embolectomy devices, and inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs), will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 8% through 2013.
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Massive DVT is characterized by severe pain, swelling of the entire limb, acrocyanosis, and ultrasonic findings of involvement of the iliofemoral vein segment and/or inferior vena cava.
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The renal and testicular veins show many irregularities when the left inferior vena cava persists.
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Two large arteries from the aorta, called the _renal arteries_, supply them with blood, and they are connected with the inferior vena cava by the _renal veins_.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
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The development of the inferior vena cava is associated with the formation of two veins, the subcardinal veins (Figs. 477, 478).
V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System
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He discovered the valve which guards the _foramen ovale_ in the fœtus; and he not only verified the observation of Etienne as to the valve-like fold guarding the entrance of each hepatic vein into the inferior vena cava, but he also fully described the _vena azygos_.
Fathers of Biology
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Objective To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of high dose urokinase thrombolysis for treating lower limb deep venous thrombosis (DVT) after inferior vena caval (IVC) filter placement.
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The hepatic portal vein was cannulated with an appropriate gauge catheter and the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (superior to the kidney) were both cut.
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A 6 cm right adrenal mass that was quite adherent to the inferior vena cava was found.
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FIGURE 2.400 male (natural size). h testicles, gh conducting ligament of the testicles, wg spermaduct, h bladder, uh inferior vena cava, nn accessory kidneys, n kidneys.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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The veins merge to carry blood to the inferior vena cava.
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[Footnote 2] An abscess or other tumour of the liver may, by pressing on the vena portae, cause serous effusion into the peritonaeal sac; or by pressure on the inferior vena cava, which is connected with the posterior thick border of the liver, may cause anasarca of the lower limbs.
Surgical Anatomy
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Such a clot will move to the heart along the main vein of the body, the inferior vena cava.
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A little below the apex, and near the anterior border of the gland, is a short furrow termed the hilum, from which the suprarenal vein emerges to join the inferior vena cava.
XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Chromaphil and Cortical Systems
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The European market for clot management devices, which comprises the sale of thrombectomy devices, thrombolytic infusion catheters, neurovascular embolectomy devices, and inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs), will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 8% through 2013.
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In the third trimester the most important factor is compression of the inferior vena cava and impairment of venous return by the gravid uterus when the woman lies supine.
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The patients in the surgical group received thrombectomy, balloon venoplasty, and stent placement after placement of inferior vena cava filters.
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During this surgery, the inferior vena cava, the other large vein that returns deoxygenated blood to the heart from the lower half of the body, is disconnected from the heart and attached to the pulmonary artery.
Tricuspid Atresia
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Inferiorly, the caudate lobe is near the inferior vena cava and the quadrate lobe rests near the gallbladder.