Inferior vena cava thrombosis: A review of current practice

Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-43

  McAree, B J ^a   O'Donnell, M E ^a,b   Fitzmaurice, G J ^a   Reid, J A ^a   Spence, R A J ^b,c   Lee, B ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; diagnosis; inferior vena cava; investigation; prognosis; thrombosis; treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; DABIGATRAN; FONDAPARINUX; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR VENA CAVA THROMBOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

HUMANS; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84874490917     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X12471967     Document Type: Review

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