Vena Cava Filters: Why, When, What, How?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-339

  Chiou, Andy C ^a   Biggs, Kristen L ^b   Matsumura, Jon S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inferior vena cava filter; pulmonary emboli; thromboembolic complication

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33646078141     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153100350501700407     Document Type: Article

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