T he heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is ...

A 50-year-old cancer patient traveled 300 miles to have a 15-pound tumor removed after doctors at home refused to operate. Julie Camarillo of Michigan had a large tumor in her stomach. She told Fox 32 ...

Ligation of the Inferior Vena Cava in the Prevention and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism Author: E. Everett O'Neil, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published May 31, 1945 N Engl J Med 1945;232: ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most frequent birth defect and a leading cause of infant mortality, emphasizing the crucial need for its early diagnosis. Ultrasound is the primary imaging ...

"It was probable, from his condition, that the bullet had injured the major blood vessels, aorta (main artery from the heart) and vena cava below the diaphragm. Consequently, he was taken ...

Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta with Rupture into the Inferior Vena Cava — Report of Two Successfully Treated Cases Authors: R. Clement Darling, M.D., and Robert R. Linton, M.D. Author Info ...

ABSTRACT The authors present a rare case of left-sided inferior vena cava (IVC) in a patient with renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney. The anomalous IVC poses significant challenge to the surgeon ...

We have begun a systematic analysis of expression differences between vascular smooth muscle tissues. We chose to begin with an analysis of the media of aorta and vena cava because of the possibility ...

The huge mass was attached to the 60-year-old man's right kidney and stomach as well as his inferior vena cava and aorta - the largest artery and vein in the body. It took ten medics four hours to ...