Patient Outcomes Following Placement of a Second Inferior Vena Cava Filter: Case Reports

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 633-637

  Haase, Steven C ^a   Wolk, Seth W ^a,b   Lampman, Richard M ^a   Sarosi, Michael G ^a   Misare, Bruce D ^a   Erlandson, Errol E ^a   Whitehouse, Walter M ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 0031744027     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449803200616     Document Type: Article

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