(2008) Inferior vena cava filter use in pregnancy: preliminary experience. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 115: pp. 785-788Gupta S, Ettles DF, Robinson GJ, et al. Inferior vena cava filter use in pregnancy: Preliminary experience. BJOG 2008;115; 785- 788....
If the vena cava does get compressed, would you know it? The article mentions dizziness and fainting, but if the compression happened while you were sleeping, would you have shortness of breath or some other symptoms that would wake you up?
Compression of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) The IVC is commonly compressed by an enlargeduterusduring the past trimester of the pregnancy. This causes edema of the ankle and feet, andvaricose veinsin thelower limb. The compaction and blockage of the IVC by the malignant retroperitoneal tumors ...
Response to "Failed Retrieval of an Inferior Vena Cava Filter During Pregnancy Because of Filter Tilt: Report of Two Cases" PJ Sparrow 被引量: 0发表: 2009年 Extended indications for placement of an inferior vena cava filter To study the morbidity and mortality rates after placement of an ...
(Vol 104, December 1997)' with interest, having recently been involved in a similar case, where an inferior vena cava filter was used in a 20 year old woman at 25 weeks gestation in her first pregnancy. Our patient presented with pain and discolouration of her left leg. Doppler ultrasound...
Thromboembolic disease continues to be a cause of morbidity and mortality. Placing a filter in the inferior vena cava (IVC) is an important way to prevent significant pulmonary embolism (PE) arising from a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Inferior vena cava syndrome is caused by the obstruction or compression of the inferior vena cava. This condition results most often from tumors, deep vein thrombosis, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and pregnancy. Sources "Obstruction of the Veins to the Heart (Superior Vena Cava Syndrom...
In patients with certain IVC anomalies, pregnancy (or likelihood of future pregnancy), extensive IVC thrombus, or renal vein thrombosis, the filter can be placed in the suprarenal IVC (55). Outcomes of filters in this location appear to be similar to those placed in the infrarenal IVC. ...
Double venous compression due to duplicated inferior vena cava-induced right common iliac vein thrombosis Venous compression syndromes are caused by extrinsic venous compression of anatomical structures, such as the adjacent arteries and bones. Chronic venous c... Y Mukai,S Nozawa,T Suzuki - 《Bmj ...
pregnancy, surgery, medical immobility, malignancy—and, as in this case, heparin exposure if HIT is diagnosed. Unprovoked thromboses are typically managed with long-term, if not indefinite, anticoagulation because there is no identified risk to modify. Thus, recurrent thrombosis is deemed unac...