The superior vena cava is the large vein that brings blood from the head and arms to the heart, ... Two major coronary arteries branch off from the aorta near the point where the aorta and the ...

Extensive thrombosis was observed in both right and left common iliac arteries and veins, leading up to the bifurcation of the aorta and vena cava. A left common iliac arterectomy, with removal of ...

An endoleak happens when blood leaks around the stent used to repair the hole between the aorta and the vena cava. One of the main concerns of endovascular surgery is residual aortocaval fistula ...

"It is widely believed that lying women flat on their back during labor can lead to dangerously low blood pressure caused by the compression of both the inferior vena cava and the aorta due to the ...

By this route, enlarged regional lymph nodes at the renal pedicle and along the vena cava and aorta were removed in 6 cases. In 4 of these, the removed lymph nodes showed malignant spread, but in ...

Although the exact incidence of superior vena cava syndrome remains unknown, the condition affects about 15 000 patients in the United States each year.1 It has mainly malignant causes. Nonmalignant ...

The inferior vena cava is one of two parts that make up the vena cava. The IVC carries blood from the legs, feet, and organs in the abdomen and pelvis to the right side of the heart.