Vena cava filter retrieval in therapeutically anticoagulated patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 944-947

  Schmelzer, Thomas M ^a   Christmas, A Britton ^a   Taylor, Dennis A ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Inferior vena cava filter; Pulmonary embolism; Vena cava filter retrieval

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IOPAMIDOL; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449099849     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.032     Document Type: Article

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