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Bilateral Inferior Vena Cava: A Vascular Abnormality Encountered During Electrophysiologic Study
Author(s) -
GRUBB BLAIR P,
BURKET MARK W,
BROWN WENDY NELSON
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00758.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , abnormality , clinical significance , cardiology , etiology , vena cava , radiology , psychiatry
In the course of clinical practice, the electrophysiologist may encounter a wide variety of vascular abnormalities, which are important to recognize, as they may potentially impact on the health and welfare of the patient. We describe a case of bilateral inferior vena cava and review its etiology, diagnosis, and significance to the cardiologist and electrophysiologist .