Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Unanswered Questions Surrounding Inferior Vena Cava Anomalies

Abstract

The study by Kim et al. is a multicentre, observational, retrospective study conducted in the United States and South Korea.1 The authors investigated the difference in prevalence of inferior vena cava (IVC) anomalies in patients diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) vs. those who had computed tomography (CT) scans for diagnostic purposes, and a control group who had CT scans for health screening purposes. The study concluded that the occurrence of IVC anomalies was 1.8% in the control group and 6.3% in the DVT group.