Thoraco-laparotomy approach to salvage a life-threatening cardiac box stab injury to the infecrior vena cava in Malaysia: a case report by Ida Arinah Mahadi, Jih Huei Tan, Jin Zhe Teh, Yuzaidi Mohamad, Imran Alwi Rizal

“…In contrast, injuries to the inferior vena cava are challenging to repair, especially when they are close to the diaphragm, and the bleeding can be torrential. …”
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Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting as the Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Joanna K Law, Jenny Davis, Anne Buckley, Baljinder Salh

“…A patient with this tumour who presented with Budd-Chiari syndrome (the first to the authors' knowledge in Western literature and only the third patient overall) secondary to extensive thrombosis in his inferior vena cava extending from the right atrium down to his iliac vessels is described. …”
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Decoding VExUS: a practical guide for excelling in point-of-care ultrasound assessment of venous congestion by Taweevat Assavapokee, Philippe Rola, Nicha Assavapokee, Abhilash Koratala

“…This review article provides practical guidance on performing VExUS, encompassing equipment requirements, preparation, machine settings, and examination techniques for assessing the inferior vena cava (IVC), hepatic vein (HV), portal vein (PV), and intrarenal vein. …”
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Analysis of associated malformations by computed tomography in adults with polysplenia syndrome: A pilot study. by Xinru Gu, Shuangshuang Xu, Jinghua Chen, Xiaoqin Jiang, Ping Xie, Xiang Fang, Yan Gao, Jian Huang, Kefu Liu

“…Nine patients presented the absence of hepatic segmental inferior vena cava (IVC), with the hepatic vein directly converging into the right atrium and the continuation of the azygos vein. …”
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Novel Technique of Surgical Management of Scimitar Syndrome by Mary Lark, Amanda Cai, Phillip Rideout, David Gregg, Pal Suranyi, Fred A. Crawford, Valerian L. Fernandes

“…Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital abnormality resulting from right-sided pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava rather than to the left atrium. It is usually detected in early childhood with symptoms of recurrent chest infection and finding of pulmonary hypertension due to left to right shunt. …”
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Treatment results of cardiac tamponade due to thoracic trauma at Jeju Regional Trauma Center, Korea: a case series by Jeong Woo Oh, Minjeong Chae

“…Pericardiostomy alone was performed in one patient, who had cardiac tamponade due to extrapericardial suprahepatic inferior vena cava rupture. The causes of cardiac tamponade were right atrium appendage rupture in one case, right ventricle rupture in one case, inferior vena cava rupture in two cases, right atrium and left atrium rupture in one case, both atria and left ventricle rupture in one case, and intercostal artery rupture in one case. …”
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Combination of Superselective Arterial Embolization and Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of a Giant Renal Angiomyolipoma Complicated with Caval Thrombus by Konstantinos N. Stamatiou, Hippocrates Moschouris, Kiriaki Marmaridou, Michail Kiltenis, Konstantinos Kladis-Kalentzis, Katerina Malagari

“…The largest of these tumors (maximum diameter: 13.4 cm) caused significant extrinsic compression of the inferior vena cava complicated by thrombosis of this vessel. …”
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Pulmonary Thromboembolism Complicating Amebic Liver Abscess: First Reported Case in the United States—Case Report and Literature Review by Devon McKenzie, Michael Gale, Sunny Patel, Grazyna Kaluta

“…One of the complications of ALA is inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis, which is believed to result from the mechanical compression of the IVC and the consequent thrombogenic nidus elicited from the resultant inflammatory response. …”
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Evaluation of a modified venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol for estimation of venous congestion: a cohort study by Katharine C. Martin, Edward A. Gill, Ivor J. Douglas, August A. Longino

“…Researchers compared the performance of tVExUS, mVExUS, and inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter in predicting RAP > 12 mmHg. …”
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The effect of prone positioning on maternal haemodynamics and fetal wellbeing in the third trimester-A primary cohort study with a scoping review. by Laura Ormesher, Jessica Catchpole, Linda Peacock, Heather Pitt, Anastasia Fabian-Hunt, Dexter Hayes, Claudia Popp, Jason M Carson, Raoul van Loon, Lynne Warrander, Karli Büchling, Alexander E P Heazell

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Supine sleep position is associated with stillbirth, likely secondary to inferior vena cava compression, and a reduction in cardiac output (CO) and uteroplacental perfusion. …”
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Percutaneous vacuum-assisted tumor thrombectomy using angiovac and penumbra lightning 12 aspiration systems by Murtaza Jafri, BSc, Brittany Stojak, MD, Owen Mooney, MD, Andrew Macdiarmid, MD, Ian W. Gibson, MD, Surinder Dhaliwal, MD

“…A 19-year-old female presented with a 2-month history of abdominal discomfort and palpable abdominal mass; a computer tomography scan revealed a large retroperitoneal mass as well as high suspicion of thrombus in her inferior vena cava. Right kidney core biopsy showed diagnostic features of synovial sarcoma. …”
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Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis by Suat Doganci, Erkan Kaya, Murat Kadan, Kubilay Karabacak, Gökhan Erol, Ufuk Demirkilic

“…On magnetic resonance venography, there was an intravenous mass, which is originated from right internal iliac vein and extended into the inferior vena cava. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a huge mass extending from the inferior vena cava through the right atrium, with obvious venous occlusion. …”
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Vena Cava Superior Syndrome Related to Right Heart Invasion of an Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Geert Maleux, Werner Budts, Vincent Vandecaveye

“…Computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a large tumoral mass lesion extending from the left liver lobe into the inferior vena cava right atrium and right ventricle. The patient was treated with best supportive care.…”
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A Rare Case of Right Retrocaval Ureter with Duplication of Infrarenal IVC by Anees Dudekula, Sonali D. Prabhu

“…Here, ureter passes between the inferior vena cava (IVC) and psoas muscle and gets compressed. …”
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Multiple Thromboses in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus after Splenectomy by Deng-Ho Yang

“…Here, we described a woman with a two-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus with severe nephrotic syndrome, manifested multiple thrombi over the portal vein and the inferior vena cava, combined with acute renal infarction. …”
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A Rare Case of an Ectopic Liver Presenting as Right Atrial Mass by Adhirath Doshi, Dhaval Shah, Shradha Gupta, Deepika Panday, Arie Farji-Cisneros, Eddison Ramsaran, Robert Bojar

“…We present the case of a 46-year-old woman with a 2.1×1.8 cm mass confirmed by transesophageal echocardiogram to be at the right atrial and inferior vena cava junction that was initially thought to be a myxoma which prompted surgical excision but subsequently identified as ectopic liver by histology.…”
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Acute Liver Failure in a Pediatric Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot following Cardiac Catheterization by Irim Salik, Jasmeet Easwar, Michael Jacoby

“…Cardiac history included TOF, heterotaxy syndrome, ipsilateral pulmonary veins, interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) with azygos continuation, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and pulmonary atresia that was repaired with a right ventricle (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) conduit. …”
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Complex Vascular Reconstruction of an En Bloc Pediatric Kidney Damaged during Organ Procurement by Juliano Riella, Marina M. Tabbara, Phillipe Abreu, Javier Gonzalez, Gaetano Ciancio, José Maria Figueiro

“…We report an extensive vascular reconstruction of the right renal artery, aorta, and inferior vena cava of a damaged EBPK allograft using a donor pediatric aorta vascular patch with the goal of avoiding postoperative vascular complications.…”
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Spermatic Vein Tumor Thrombus In Renal Cell Carcinoma by Nicola J. Mabjeesh, Yuval Bar-Yosef, Letizia Schreiber-Bramante, Issac Kaver, Haim Matzkin

“…This may involve the renal veins or the inferior vena cava and may extend cephalad/antegrade into the right atrium. …”
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Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor in the Neonatal Period by Mohammad Nasir Hematian, Kamran Hessami, Maasoumeh Saleh, Abolfazl Shirdel Abdolmaleki, Shirin Torabi, Sedigheh Hantoushzadeh

“…Echocardiography revealed a tumoral noncircumscribed mass in the right atrium adhering to the interatrial septum which extends to the inferior vena cava. Cardiac exploration was carried out to excise the tumor. …”
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