They hooked up the tiny 7-lb. 3-oz. child to a heart-lung machine. Then they took the venae cavae, the two great veins that carry used blood back to the heart, cut them away from their normal ...

The description of the external appearance of the animal by Eliot reads: "Colour yellowish white, with indefinite large drab blotches laterally. Edges of mantle and foot bordered with light violet. On ...

These reflexes are potentiated by the effects of anoxia, hypercapnia and digitalis. The venae cavae and great veins are distended, and venous pressure is increased in cor pulmonale. The cardiac ...

In some cases, it can be asymptomatic, [1] and in other cases it can lead to fluid accumulation and cardiopulmonary collapse. [2] ...

The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries blood from the torso and lower body to the right side of the heart. From there the blood is pumped to ...

IN TEXAS ABOARD UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY TRAIN — Jim Vena wants you to have a kolache. In fact, the chief executive of Union Pacific, the largest U.S. railroad, wants everyone to have the Czech ...

The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to the liver from the stomach, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas.