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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
• The renal and testicular veins show many irregularities when the left inferior vena cava persists.
• Every branch of the aorta which ramifies upon the abdominal parietes has its accompanying vein returning either to the vena cava or the vena azygos, and entering either of these vessels at a point on the same level as that at which itself arises. Surgical Anatomy
• 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.
• The Right Innominate Vein (v. anonyma dextra) is a short vessel, about 2.5 cm. in length, which begins behind the sternal end of the clavicle, and, passing almost vertically downward, joins with the left innominate vein just below the cartilage of the first rib, close to the right border of the sternum, to form the superior vena cava. VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax
• For patients with CTPH undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, we suggest the placement of a permanent vena caval filter before or at the time of the procedure (Grade 2C).
• 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
• —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
• Methods:18 patients with acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis underwent catheter-directed thrombolysis via the great saphenous vein puncture after placement of vena caval filter.
• E, great azygos vein crossing œsophagus and right bronchus to empty into the superior vena cava; A Practical Physiology