If you have had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), you may worry about having another life-threatening clot. People who’ve had a DVT and can’t take blood-thinning medications have another option to prevent ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A survey of California hospitals over a five-year period has turned up wide variation in the use of inferior vena cava filters for acute venous thromboembolism (VTE), ranging from 0% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inferior vena cava filters are recommended for temporary use to prevent pulmonary embolism when anticoagulation ...

Whether early placement of an inferior vena cava filter reduces the risk of pulmonary embolism or death in severely injured patients who have a contraindication to prophylactic anticoagulation is not ...

The implantation of a novel inferior vena cava (IVC) sensor demonstrated promising safety and feasibility in patients with heart failure, with its measurements showing a strong correlation with those ...

Renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; however, the surgical resection of these tumors can be facilitated by appropriate preoperative ...