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Photothermal ablation with the excimer laser sheath technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter removal: initial results from a prospective study.
J Vasc Interv Radiol
June 2011
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, H-3651, Stanford, CA 94305-5642, USA.
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the excimer laser sheath technique for removing embedded inferior vena cava (IVC) filters.
Materials And Methods: Over 12 months, 25 consecutive patients undergoing attempted IVC filter retrieval with a laser-assisted sheath technique were prospectively enrolled into an institutional review board-approved study registry. There were 10 men and 15 women (mean age 50 years, range 20-76 years); 18 (72%) of 25 patients were referred from an outside hospital.
Liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatic vena cava disease, a liver disease caused by obstruction of inferior vena cava.
Hepatol Int
June 2009
Liver Foundation Nepal, Sitapaela Height, P.O. Box 3439, Kathmandu, Nepal,
Purpose: Hepatic vena cava disease (HVD), a form of Budd-Chiari syndrome, is caused by the obstruction of hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava. It is a chronic disease characterized by the development of liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). As HVD occurred in areas with high incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and some patients tested HBsAg positive, it was thought to be the cause of LC and HCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRenal transplant in children with previous inferior vena cava thrombosis.
Pediatr Transplant
June 2007
Pediatric Urology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Our experience with renal transplantation in children with inferior vena cava thrombosis is presented in this study. Of the 238 children who have received renal transplants at our institution, four had IVC thrombosis (discovered during pretransplant evaluation: three patients; found at surgery: one patient). The pretransplant US evaluation diagnosis of IVC thrombosis in three patients was confirmed by transjugular retrograde cavography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFibrosing TB mediastinitis presenting as a superior vena cava syndrome: a case presentation and echocardiogram correlate.
Echocardiography
August 2006
Echocardiography Laboratory, Mexico Hospital, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Department of Medicine, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
A 49-year-old woman developed a chronic obstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC) as a complication of mediastinal tuberculosis. Echocardiography findings are presented along with the cavography. Symptoms disappeared after stenting the fibrosed SVC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava--a case report.
Vasc Endovascular Surg
July 2003
Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Vascular Surgery Department, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
This paper presents a patient successfully treated for leiomyosarcoma of the vena cava, with no recurrence or symptoms on an 8-year follow-up. A 56-year-old woman presented with chronic and progressive periumbilical and right upper abdominal pain. Physical examination and laboratory tests revealed no abnormalities.
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