A design modification to minimize tilting of an inferior vena cava filter does not deliver a clinical benefit

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 920-924

  Shelgikar, Chinmaya ^a   Mohebali, Jahan ^a   Sarfati, Mark R ^a   Mueller, Michelle T ^a   Kinikini, Daniel V ^a   Kraiss, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMORAL VEIN; FILTER DESIGN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TILTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTER;

DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 77957577055     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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