Use of a fogarty catheter to open an incompletely expanded vena Tech-LGM vena cava filter: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-286

  Danikas, Dimitrios ^a   Constantinopoulos, George S ^a   Stratoulias, Constantinos ^a   Ginalis, Ernest M ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOGARTY CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035063522     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970105200409     Document Type: Article

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8. In vitro flow phantom analysis and clot-capturing ability of incompletely opened Vena Tech-LGM vena caval filters