A rare complication with an antheor vena cava filter

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-167

  Stösslein, Falk ^a   Altmann, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; Pulmonary embolism; Vena cava filter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HEART ARREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNICAL AID; VENA CAVA FILTER; FOREIGN BODY; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 0031594781     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900235     Document Type: Article

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