The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries blood from the torso and lower body to the right side of the heart. From there the blood is ...

The subsystems are the superior vena caval system, the systemic inferior vena caval system ... which is collected into the portal vein before it enters the liver and subdivides into a capillary ...

Just 15% of patients have their filters taken out despite clear recommendations they should be removed as soon as feasible.

into the dilated left renal vein (arrowhead) and the normal right inferior vena cava (open arrowhead). The embryologically paired superior cardinal veins normally form the SVC on the right and the ...

and further revealed a 2.2 × 1.0 cm renal vein tumor thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava (Figure 1b) and multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules up to 8 mm in size. Biopsy of the ...