Behnood Bikdeli, Parham Sadeghipour, Junyang Lou, Antoine Bejjani, Candrika D Khairani, Sina Rashedi, Robert Lookstein, Alexandra Lansky, Suresh Vedantham, Piotr Sobieszczyk, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, Ayaz Aghayev, Peter Henke, Ghazaleh Mehdipoor, Antonella Tufano, Saurav Chatterjee, Saskia Middeldorp, Suman Wasan, Riyaz Bashir, Irene M Lang, Mehdi H Shishehbor, Marie Gerhard-Herman, Jay Giri, Matthew T Menard, Sahil A Parikh, Lucia Mazzolai, Lisa Moores, Manuel Monreal, David Jimenez, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Harlan M Krumholz, Gregory Piazza
The inferior vena cava (IVC) and superior vena cava are the main conduits of the systemic venous circulation into the right atrium. Developmental or procedural interruptions of vena cava might predispose to stasis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) distal to the anomaly and may impact the subsequent rate of pulmonary embolism (PE). This study aimed to review the various etiologies of developmental or procedural vena cava interruption and their impact on venous thromboembolism. A systematic search was performed in PubMed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines per each clinical question...
January 4, 2024: Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis