Ten-year experience of retrievable inferior vena cava filters in a tertiary referral center

PURPOSE:A significant proportion of patients undergoing surgery have an increased incidence of acute pulmonary embolus (PE). We analyzed all patients who had a retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placed preoperatively for PE prophylaxis and investigated the long-term outcomes of the patients...

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Main Authors: George Tse, Trevor Cleveland, Stephen Goode
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2017-03-01
Series:Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Online Access: http://www.dirjournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/ten-year-experience-of-retrievable-inferior-vena-c/55336