If an anticoagulant is not enough, a specialfilterdevicecan be inserted into theinferior vena cava—the large vein that brings blood back to the heart—to capture a clot before it reaches the lungs.12 Drugs calledthrombolytics("clot busters") are reserved for severe cases, as they can cause...
Surgery is a rare option in treating large deep venous thrombosis of the leg in patients who cannot take blood thinners or who have developed recurrent blood clots while on anticoagulant medications. The surgery is usually accompanied by placing an IVC (inferior vena cava) filter to prevent future...
Some patients require life-long medication while others may require a filter surgically placed in the vena cava to prevent large clots from reaching the lungs. These filters are placed in the inferior vena cava, and currently many are of the removable variety. These may be indicated especially ...
A blood clot from the leg may be able to travel through the bloodstream up to the heart with ease. The blood vessel to the heart (inferior vena cava) is large and the clot can move freely. It can then also easily pass through the heart (right atrium and then the right ventricle). H...
Pancreas, small intestine (anteriorto the left kidney) and liver, small intestine and inferior vena cava (anterior to right kidney). Based on the close proximity of these other structures to the kidneys, it is difficult to isolate pain in the mid back or abdomen as being due to the kidney...
a blood vessel (usually in the groin) and advanced up the inferior vena cava into the heart. An X-ray image is taken while a small amount of dye is infused. The dye helps highlight the ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta, and the size of the pulmonary arteries...