Inferior vena cava agenesis and deep vein thrombosis: 10 patients and review of the literature

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 451-459

  Lambert, Marc ^a   Marboeuf, Philippe ^a   Midulla, Marco ^a   Trillot, Nathalie ^b   Beregi, Jean Paul ^a   Mounier Vehier, Claire ^a   Hatron, Pierre Yves ^a   Jude, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

agenesis; inferior vena cava; venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN K; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954557651     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X10391355     Document Type: Review

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