Interruption or congenital stenosis of the inferior vena cava: Prevalence, imaging, and clinical findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Koc, Zafer ^a   Oguzkurt, Levent ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Congenital; Inferior vena cava; Interrupted; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stenosis; Variants

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOLOGY;

CONGENITAL STENOSIS; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; MULTIDETECTORS; STENOTIC LESION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG VARICOSIS; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOCELE; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; VARICOSE VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34147188753     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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