BACKGROUND Progress in liver surgery has enabled hepatectomy with concomitant venous resection for liver malignancies involving the inferior vena cava (IVC). The authors describe an alternative technique for IVC reconstruction without the need of graft. METHODS Parenchymal transection is performed from anterior surface of the liver down to the anterior or left lateral surface of the IVC using...

Background: The diagnosis and treatment of critically sick patients depend on an accurate evaluation intravascular volume status. An intrusive tool utilized for this is central venous pressure (CVP). Aim the study: In present investigation, status severely ill was evaluated using noninvasive Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) diameter Collapsibility Index (CI) measurements in ICU its link with CVP. Metho...

Background: Papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC), the second most common type of cancer, is a heterogeneous disease with diverse molecular and clinical characteristics. Involvement inferior vena cava (IVC) predictor poor prognosis; however, literature scarce in this regard. Case presentation: We present case large PRCC extension to IVC without metastasis nodes or other organs that was successf...

BACKGROUND  Right atrial pressure (RAP) is commonly estimated using inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and its respirophasic variations. Although a guideline has been provided for estimation of RAP due to variation in IVC dimensions based on studies in Western subjects, echocardiographic values in Asian subjects are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS  We studied 369 patients who underwent IVC ultras...

BACKGROUND Inferior vena cava (IVC) leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor of smooth muscle origin. It is often large by the time of diagnosis and may involve adjacent organs. A margin-free resection may be curative, but the resection must involve the tumor en bloc with the affected segment of vena cava and locally involved organs. IVC resection often requires vascular reconstruction, which can be done...

introduction:the assessment of intravascular volume in severely traumatized patients or patients admitted in icu is very essential. at present the accurate method for estimating the intravascular volume requirement is by measuring the cvp which is an invasive method. the measurement of ivc diameter by ultrasound has been suggested as an easily available and simple method for measuring the intra...

Interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare anomaly. Anomalies of IVC are clinically important for cardiologists and radiologists who plan to intervene in the right heart. We describe three cases of IVC interruption diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study.

BACKGROUND The clinical pattern and long-term course of chronic inferior vena cava (IVC) obstructions are variable and depend on the underlying cause, the segment involved, and the extension of secondary thrombosis. Pertinent data on IVC obstructions in well-defined series of patients are lacking. We report the sequelae of chronic IVC obstructions in the hepatic segment in 11 consecutive patien...

A 40-year-old woman presented with recurrent chest pain. Past medical history was positive for schizoaffective disorder , polysubstance abuse, and gestational diabetes mellitus. The physical examination was unremarkable. Results of an ECG and a test for cardiac enzymes, including troponins, were negative. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a well-circumscribed, smooth, homogeneous mass measu...

Thrombus formation is a recognised complication of IVC filter placement, however IVC and bilateral renal vein occlusion secondary to thrombus is much less common. We present a case of infrahepatic caval and bilateral renal vein occlusion secondary to thrombosis of a suprarenal IVC filter. With progressive clinical deterioration and failure of conservative medical management the patient underwen...