Value of frontal caval measurement in the placement of inferior vena cava filters

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Kaura, Deepak R ^a,b   Gray, Robin R ^a   Sadler, David J ^a   So, C Benjamin ^a   Saliken, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavogram; Inferior vena cava filters; Mega cava

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAVOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0032732284     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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