Acute right lower extremity iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis secondary to an anomalous inferior vena cava: A report of two cases

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Dean, Steven M ^a   Tytle, Timothy L ^b  

^a Oklahoma Heart Hospital   (United States)

^b Mercy Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Deep venous thrombosis; Iliofemoral; Inferior vena cava; Stent; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; THORAX PAIN; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN MALFORMATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846212326     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863x06074829     Document Type: Article

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