title: Aspiration thrombectomy in a patient with suprarenal inferior vena cava thrombosis.
abstract: DVT has rarely been observed in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Pulmonary embolism (PE), which can be life-threatening, often occurred in patients with IVC thrombosis. Therefore, an IVC filter is frequently used in those patients for the prevention of PE. A case of successful endovascular treatment of an IVC thrombus in a patient with relative contraindications to implantation of an IVC filter is presented. This case report shows that aspiration of thrombi caught in the removable IVC filter may be an alternative to surgery in high-risk patients with catheter-related suprarenal inferior vena cava thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishima
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishian
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Ten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saita
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horimatsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mine
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuyama