For months, 52-year-old Veerappa (name changed) had been living with unexplained weight loss and fatigue. He was already living with hypertension and chronic lung disease. Although these new symptoms ...

The ultimate cause of death from cancer may not be metastatic disease, as researchers have long surmised, but an infiltration ...

The ultimate cause of death from cancer may not be metastatic disease, as researchers have long surmised, but an infiltration ...

The PREPIC clinical trial, in 1998, was the first to investigate the role of permanent IVCFs as add-on therapies in addition to anticoagulation for the secondary prevention of VTE (i.e., a "belt and ...

Written informed consent was obtained from the patient to write the manuscript and use their images. It was ensured that their identity would not be revealed at any point, either in the text or in the ...

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding Superior Vena Cava Isolation (SVCI) to Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) in patients with drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...

1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China 2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong ...

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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 ...