Sentences with phrase «large vena cava»

As the problem progresses, respiration difficulties due to the enlarged stomach and a loss of adequate blood flow through the heart (decreased cardiac function due to pressure on the large vena cava and hepatic veins that returns blood to the heart) result in hypoxia (inadequate oxygen), shock and collapse.

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Lying on your back for too long might make you feel nauseated because your uterus presses on a large blood vessel called the inferior vena cava.

Traditionally this complicated procedure, inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy, is performed using a large open incision, primarily because the vein is often difficult to reach.

It is not a perfect rendition of the heart — it shows two chambers instead of four, and the vena cava, the large vein that carries blood from the body to the heart, is on the far left instead of the right.

You're finally starting to show and while that makes you adorable in your maternity clothes it also means that your uterus is large enough to start putting pressure on your vena cava when you lie on your back.

The weight of the baby compresses the inferior vena cava, which is the largest vein of the body.

The adrenal glands are situated along the vena cava (the large vein in the abdominal cavity) near each kidney.

An adrenal tumor removal is traditionally one of the most challenging procedures in small animal surgery, as the adrenal gland is located in a difficult position next the vena cava (the largest vein in the abdomen) as well as the renal arteries and veins (to the kidneys), the aorta, and other vital structures.

If a large number of worms are present they can literally fill up the right atrium and caudal vena cava.

With large tumors, hind limb swelling may be caused by pressure put on the vena cava.

Part of this clot can easily detach and flow with the blood stream up the inferior vena cava, through the right side of the heart and into the pulmonary artery causing a PE which, if large enough, may obstruct the circulation to the lung and strain the heart, causing almost instant death.