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 ...

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 ...

Aortocaval fistula repair is a surgery to repair an abnormal connection between your aorta and your vena cava. It’s a rare complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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 ...

"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 ...

The major blood vessels that are connected to the heart include the aorta, the superior vena cava, the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary artery (which takes oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Sundick, MD The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries oxygen-depleted blood from the torso and lower body to ...

Exploration revealed that the bullet had gone from the left to right, injuring the spleen, pancreas, aorta, vena cava, right kidney and right lobe of the liver.

So, fuel tank to heart input vena cava to output aorta to input vena cava to output aorta to input vena cava to output aorta, and then back. Three hearts, connected together, making a healthy 6 ...

The grenade got caught between the aorta and the inferior vena cava near the heart. Zvezdanews/east2west news During the procedure, a second operating room with additional surgeons was on standby ...