Thrombophilic patients undergoing elective neurosurgery who receive a temporary inferior vena cava (IVC) filter show dramatically fewer thrombotic or hemorrhagic complications compared with ...
A 41-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back pain and bilateral peripheral edema. His medical history included antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Seven years earlier, he had a ...
The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries blood from the lower body to the heart. The IVC has no valves, which means that blood is pulled forward by the diaphragm's contraction. Conditions ...