Abdominal computed tomography and the placement of inferior vena caval filters

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1197-1201

  Vesco, Paul A ^a   Falimirski, Mark E ^a,b   Williams, H Kenneth ^a   Rodriguez, Aurelio ^a   Young, Joseph ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IU Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside placement; CAT scan; IVC filters; Vena cavography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VENA CAVA FILTER; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RENAL VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33745226269     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000218062.19676.9a     Document Type: Article

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