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superior vena cava

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superior vena cava [sə′pir·ē·ər ¦vē·nə ′kä·və]
(anatomy)
The principal vein collecting blood from the head, chest wall, and upper extremities and draining into the right atrium.


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The procedure involved piercing the skin on the left side of the neck with a needle, inserting an introducer into the skin, and inserting a guide wire through the introducer down through the jugular vein into the superior vena cava and beyond.
3,5) This was especially true in the currently reported case in which impaired cardiac filling with dilatation of the inferior and superior vena cava and early reflux of contrast medium into dilated inferior vena cava and hepatic veins were seen but the pericardial thickness was within the upper limits of normal.
 
 
 
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