Percutaneous transfemoral retrieval of a partially deployed simon-nitinol filter misplaced into the ascending lumbar vein

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 917-919

  Salamipour, Hamid ^a,b   Mitchell Rivitz, S ^a,c   Kaufman, John A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies, 98.458; Interventional procedures, complications, 982.458; Venae cavae, filters, 982.458

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NITINOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ALLOYS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VEINS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0030280753     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(96)70870-9     Document Type: Article

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