High-risk Retrieval of Adherent and Chronically Implanted IVC Filters: Techniques for Removal and Management of Thrombotic Complications

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1548-1556

  Kuo, William T ^a   Tong, Ricky T ^a   Hwang, Gloria L ^a   Louie, John D ^a   Lebowitz, Edward A ^a   Sze, Daniel Y ^a   Hofmann, Lawrence V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; NITINOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450225362     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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