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VOLUME 6 , ISSUE 2 ( July-December, 2018 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Volume Assessment in Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava

Biraj Parajuli, M Venkata Sravani, Virendra K Arya, Banashree Mandal, Gurpinder S Ghotra

Keywords : Congenital abnormalities, Diagnostic imaging, Inferior vena cava

Citation Information : Parajuli B, Sravani MV, Arya VK, Mandal B, Ghotra GS. Volume Assessment in Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava. J Perioper Echocardiogr 2018; 6 (2):48-50.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10034-1089

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-12-2018

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2018; The Author(s).


Abstract

Bedside ultrasound imaging of inferior vena cava (IVC) is commonly used to guide fluid administration. Here, we present the echocardiography and angiography images of a post-operative surgical patient in whom an anomalous IVC was detected during evaluation for hemodynamic instability


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