AJR teaching file: Chest pain in a woman with an inferior vena cava filter

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Thonar, Benjamin ^a   Patel, Nilesh H ^a,b   Ferral, Hector ^a   Behrens, George ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Metallic artifacts; Retrievable IVC filter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FILTER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 34548181513     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1037     Document Type: Article

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