0 a Latin word meaning "vein" (= a tube that carries blood to the heart from other parts of the body), used in medical names and descriptions --
Isolated right superior vena cava into the left atrium detected by contrast echocardiography.
No granules were present in the superior vena cava.
Anomalous connection of pulmonary veins to right atrium associated with anomalous inferior vena cava, situs inversus and multiple spleens.
A proposed pathogenesis of cor triatriatum: impingement of the left superior vena cava on the developing left atrium.
The superior vena cava flow has three waves.
Blood from the abdominal inferior vena cava (light grey) enters the right atrium.
Closed technique for repair of right superior vena cava draining to left atrium.
Breathlessness from superior vena cava obstruction can be improved through radiotherapy and steroids.
