A prospective evaluation of a bedside technique for placement of inferior vena cava filters: Accuracy and limitations of intravascular ultrasound

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 382-386

  Gamblin, T Clark ^a,b   Ashley, Dennis W ^a   Burch, Shelia ^a   Solis, Maurice ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENA CAVA FILTER;

FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0038010551     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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