Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter thrombosis in a renal transplant recipient

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-459

  Senitko, M ^a   Sims, R ^a   Dolmatch, B ^a   Vazquez, M A ^a   Lu, Christopher Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsular collateral veins; Inferior vena cava thrombosis; IVC filter; IVC filter thrombosis; Renal allograft vein recanalization; Renal allograft vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RECANALIZATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER THROMBOSIS;

EID: 66649131398     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP71456     Document Type: Article

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