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Supplementary material 1 Video 1: The video 1 was captured at the same time of Fig 1. Longitudinal ultrasound slice of the IVC, a free floating caval thrombus near the confluence of hepatic veins (AVI 2515 kb)
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Supplementary material 2 Video 2: Longitudinal ultrasound slice of the IVC, The video 2 was captured at the same time of Fig 2, an hour after Fig 1 and video 1 was captured, the thrombus was sliding into the heart (AVI 6020 kb)
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Yu, Y., Shang, Y., Liu, H. et al. Detection of an inferior vena cava thrombus in transit by ultrasound. Intensive Care Med 46, 126–127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05779-8
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