How To Use Superior vena cava In A Sentence
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The hepatic portal vein was cannulated with an appropriate gauge catheter and the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (superior to the kidney) were both cut.
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Catheter tip placement positioned as follows:superior vena cava(20 cases), subclavicular vein(12 cases), right atrium(2 cases), jugular vein(4 cases), axillary vein(3 csese).
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The Left Innominate Vein (v. anonyma sinistra), about 6 cm. in length, begins behind the sternal end of the clavicle and runs obliquely downward and to the right behind the upper half of the manubrium sterni to the sternal end of the first right costal cartilage, where it unites with the right innominate vein to form the superior vena cava.
VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax
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The catheter is tunneled under the skin and enters a large vein and then is threaded into the superior vena cava.
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The portion of the right primitive jugular vein between the left innominate and the azygos vein forms the upper part of the superior vena cava of the adult; the lower part of this vessel, i.e., below the entrance of the azygos vein, is formed by the right Cuvierian duct.
V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System
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The most common causes of this syndrome are extrinsic compression of the superior vena cava and intraluminal venous thrombosis.
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During this surgery, the superior vena cava, one of the two large veins attached to the heart to return deoxygenated or blue blood from the upper half of the body, is disconnected from the heart and attached to the pulmonary artery.
Tricuspid Atresia
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Opening of the thorax showed extensive compression of the regional vasculature, including the left innominate vein, left subclavian vein, and superior vena cava.
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The Right Innominate Vein (v. anonyma dextra) is a short vessel, about 2.5 cm. in length, which begins behind the sternal end of the clavicle, and, passing almost vertically downward, joins with the left innominate vein just below the cartilage of the first rib, close to the right border of the sternum, to form the superior vena cava.
VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax
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E, great azygos vein crossing œsophagus and right bronchus to empty into the superior vena cava;
A Practical Physiology
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A child with this malignancy can present acutely with severe dyspnea and, occasionally, superior vena cava syndrome.
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Using a median approach, sternal incision is performed, and connective tissue of the anterior mediastinum is separated to expose the left bronchial stump between the superior vena cava and the ascending aorta.
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This is performed after a Glenn shunt, where the superior vena cava is attached to the pulmonary artery.
Cardiac terms and definitions
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Designated parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. inosculate
Surgical Anatomy
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With the electrosurgical pencil, the surgeon incises the pericardium longitudinally, extending upward to the superior vena cava.
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The great cardiac vein then drains into the superior vena cava or left brachiocephalic vein via the oblique vein of Marshall.
