vena cava

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The two main veins that connect to the heart are called the vena cava.
两个与心脏相连的主静脉叫做大静脉或腔静脉。
We report on a case of such an abnormality associated with an uncoupled course of the renal vessels in which the renal artery coursed ventrally to the vena cava.
在此我们报告一个罕见病例：所供养该异常旋转肾脏的肾血管并不是并行进入肾蒂而其中肾动脉是走在下腔静脉的腹侧。
Objective To evaluate the clinical application of permanent vena cava filter in patients with deep venous thrombosis.
目的探讨下肢深静脉血栓形成患者植入永久性腔静脉滤器的临床应用。

There was one complication, and that was a tear in the superior vena cava.
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After she sewed that in place, and an X-ray showed its tip floating just where it was supposed to—inside his vena cava at the entrance to his heart—she put a third, slightly thicker line, for dialysis, through his right upper chest and into the subclavian vein, deep under the collarbone.
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one of the two very large veins through which blood returns to the heart, one from the upper body and head and one from all of the body below the chest

either one of the two large veins that convey oxygen-depleted blood to the heart