Objective: This study aims to evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of warfarin anticoagulation after small balloon pre-dilation for treating Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) complicated with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. Methods: This prospective study analyzed the consecutive clinical data of 53 patients with BCS complicated with IVC thrombosis, who were admitted in our hospital from Jan...

BACKGROUND Leiomyosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of the inferior vena cava (IVC), and represents approximately 10% of primary retroperitoneal sarcomas. Leiomyosarcoma presents with non-specific symptoms, including abdominal pain or back pain. There is an increased incidence in immunosuppressed individuals. CASE REPORT An unusual presentation of IVC leiomyosarcoma is reported in a...

OBJECTIVE Fontan completion in patients with atrial isomerism, in which the inferior vena cava (IVC) and the hepatic vein (HV) drain separately, is technically challenging. Herein, we review our surgical approach to these patients. METHODS The medical records of 50 consecutive patients with atrial isomerism who underwent Fontan completion between 1998 and 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. ...

Abilities to detect heterogeneity of ospC genotypes of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the tick vector by in vitro culture (IVC) and direct PCR (dPCR) were compared. IVC failed to detect one-third of the ospC genotypes detected by dPCR. Among IVC results, common ospC genotypes were overrepresented while occurrence of rare genotypes was underestimated.

Among young, otherwise healthy adults with unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT), uncommon causes like variation in the normal sequential development of inferior vena cava (IVC), must be explored. Anomalous IVC conditions are estimated to occur up 9% general population, rarest anomaly being agenesis at 0.0005% - 1% population prevalence. DVTs more likely develop this due venous stasis from decr...

Entrepreneurial companies are a vital source of innovation and financed by investors with different profiles. We examine whether the innovative outputs entrepreneurial responsive to access complementary resources from types venture capital (VC) funds: “independent (IVC) corporate (CVC)”. then delve deeper mechanisms which we measure if investors’ has an influence on performance they fund. Our s...

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignant tumor. Herein, we report the case of a 52-year-old male patient who had postprandial abdominal distension and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The abdominal computed tomography (CT) angiogram showed an IVC mass extending from the infrahepatic to the suprarenal inferior vena cava. The radiologic findings were suggesti...

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement is recommended for acute proximal deep venous thrombosis if anticoagulation is contraindicated. A 52-year-old man presented with weakness, dyspnea, syncope, and renal failure 8 months after IVC filter placement. Imaging revealed migration of the IVC filter to the right ventricle. Endovascular retrieval was not feasible, thus surgical extraction and tric...

The current-voltage characteristic (IVC) of a system of two small series-connected tunnel junctions is calculated under conditions when the energy spectrum of the central electrode of the system is discrete. The form of the IVC depends substantially on the rate of energy relaxation on this electrode. I t is shown that at typical real values of the system parameters the global IVC singularities ...

A 23-year-old man with a gunshot injury to the abdomen and cardiac arrest requiring emergency department thoracotomy had a transection of the distal inferior vena cava (IVC) and small bowel injury. Because of persistent hemorrhagic shock, the IVC was ligated. During the next 3 days, he developed worsening bilateral leg edema. He was taken back for reanastomosis of his small bowel and reconstruc...