Twelve years experience of vena cava filtration

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-339

  Lagattolla, N R F ^a   Burnand, K G ^a   Irvine, A ^a   Ferrar, D ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Vena caval clip; Vena caval filter

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE RISK; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 0030001204     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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