Background and Aims: During therapeutic hypothermia, heart rate (HR) decreases and cardiac output (CO) may be affected, although sufficient tissue perfusion is usually maintained. Blood pressure (BP) ...

Compression or obstruction of the superior vena cava, a major vein in your body, can lead to superior vena cava syndrome, or SVCS. It’s treatable, but most cases are caused by cancer. The superior ...

The vena cava is a large vein that collects blood from either the upper or lower half of your body. It receives blood from several smaller veins. This is blood with the oxygen removed that the vena ...

Like a blocked water line, obstructions in blood vessels in the human circulatory system can cause serious problems. This is especially the case in superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), in which ...

Chest Film, Showing a Soft-Tissue Density (Panel A, Arrowheads), and Computed Tomography of the Chest, Showing a Right-Sided Aortic Arch (Panel B, Arrow) and an Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery (Panel ...

Nov. 14, 2003 —— Current U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines include a contraindication to implantation of inferior vena cava filters in patients at risk of septic embolism. An evaluation of ...