Medical Management of Hepatic Vena Cava Syndrome (Based on New Concept of its Pathogenesis)
Hepatic Vena Cava Syndrome (HVCS) is a chronic obliterative disease of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) at the site of hepatic vein opening characterized by long asymptomatic period, recurrent Acute Exacerbations (AE) and high incidence of hypersplenism, ascites, Liver Cirrhosis (LC) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)