Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?

Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and respirophasic variation are commonly used echocardiographic indices to estimate right atrial pressure. While dilatation of the IVC and reduced collapsibility have traditionally been associated with elevated right heart filling pressures, the significance of isol...

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Autores principales: Gadi, Sneha R., Ruth, Benjamin K., Johnson, Alan, Mazimba, Sula, Kwon, Younghoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8396523
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author Gadi, Sneha R.
Ruth, Benjamin K.
Johnson, Alan
Mazimba, Sula
Kwon, Younghoon
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Ruth, Benjamin K.
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description Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and respirophasic variation are commonly used echocardiographic indices to estimate right atrial pressure. While dilatation of the IVC and reduced collapsibility have traditionally been associated with elevated right heart filling pressures, the significance of isolated IVC dilatation in the absence of raised filling pressures remains poorly understood. We present a case of an asymptomatic 28-year-old male incidentally found to have IVC dilatation, reduced inspiratory collapse, and normal right heart pressures.
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spelling pubmed-63049252019-01-09 Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon? Gadi, Sneha R. Ruth, Benjamin K. Johnson, Alan Mazimba, Sula Kwon, Younghoon Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and respirophasic variation are commonly used echocardiographic indices to estimate right atrial pressure. While dilatation of the IVC and reduced collapsibility have traditionally been associated with elevated right heart filling pressures, the significance of isolated IVC dilatation in the absence of raised filling pressures remains poorly understood. We present a case of an asymptomatic 28-year-old male incidentally found to have IVC dilatation, reduced inspiratory collapse, and normal right heart pressures. Hindawi 2018-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6304925/ /pubmed/30627450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8396523 Text en Copyright © 2018 Sneha R. Gadi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gadi, Sneha R.
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Mazimba, Sula
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Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title_full Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title_fullStr Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title_short Isolated Marked Inferior Vena Cava Dilatation: Unusual Presentation or Underrecognized Common Phenomenon?
title_sort isolated marked inferior vena cava dilatation: unusual presentation or underrecognized common phenomenon?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8396523
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