In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute proximal venous thrombosis, placement of an IVC filter has been ...

A case presentation involving a patient with severe, symptomatic iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis and need for urgent ...

Thrombosis or compression of the IVC maintains a high pressure in the infrahepatic IVC, therefore a portacaval or mesocaval shunt will not provide decompression, whereas a shunt from the portal or ...

Primary Budd-Chiari syndrome is related to thrombosis of hepatic veins or the terminal portion of the inferior vena cava. This rare disease is usually caused by multiple concurrent factors ...