A vena cava filter is a device inserted into a major vein to prevent a blood clot from entering the lungs.
Insertion of a vena cava filter is indicated for patients who:
Icd 9 hx code vena cava filter
There are no significant precautions concerning insertion of a vena cava filter.
Vena cava filters are usually inserted in to prevent PE caused by a thrombosis in a deep vein (DVT).
postcava - inferior vena cava precava - superior vena cava
superior vena cava
The vena cavae, which returns blood from the bottom half of your body back to your heart.
Medically speaking, cava is a word component of superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.Of Latin origin; vena means vein, and cava means hollow. Vena cava means hollow vein.
An inferior vena cava diameter > 12 mm
Yes. it has an inferior vena cava
Inferior vena cava
Yes, however in the cat it is called the pre cava. The inferior vena cava is called the post cava.