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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava
Published on: January 13, 2023
Incidental detection of inferior vena caval dissection by intraoperative high frequency vascular duplex
Sarinya Puwanant1, Roger L Click, Manju Kalra
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Abstract:
Inferior vena caval (IVC) dissection has been rarely reported. This could be due to less susceptibility of the venous structure to dissect or under recognition of this entity. We first report a case of IVC dissection detected by high frequency surface ultrasonography following tumor thrombectomy of adrenal cortical carcinoma. This report described the value of intraoperative surface echocardiography and reviewed previous literatures with regard to IVC dissection.
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