Inferior vena cava thrombosis in two adult patients with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Xiao Chen, Anyu Qian, Mao Zhang, Guangju Zhou

Figure 1. The subxiphoid view of TTE of case 1 (A-D) and case 2 (E). A: IVCT detected by TTE after ECMO withdrawal (arrow); B: one week after ECMO withdrawal, the IVCT decreased in size through anticoagulation therapy (arrow); C: ten days after ECMO withdrawal, the IVCT almost disappeared with anticoagulation therapy (arrow); D: the IVCT disappeared after two weeks of anticoagulation therapy; E: IVCT of case 2 after ECMO withdrawal (arrow). TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IVCT: inferior vena cava thrombosis.