Retrievable inferior vena cava filters: Initial clinical results

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-165

  Rosenthal, David ^a,b   Wellons, Eric D ^a   Kin, Man Lai ^a   Bikk, Andras ^a   Henderson, Vernon J ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAVOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; IMPLANTATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SAFETY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 29744464948     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-9390-z     Document Type: Article

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