Inferior Vena Cava Filter Migration with Severe Deformity of Filter

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1257-1259

  Wu, George S ^a   Gilet, Anthony ^a   Kirshbaum, Michael ^a   Bilfinger, Thomas ^a   Ferretti, John ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMORAL VEIN; FILTER; FILTER DEFORMITY; FILTER MIGRATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 69249212226     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.05.040     Document Type: Letter

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