Improving the tracking and removal of retrievable inferior vena cava filters

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-127

  Goei, Anthony D ^a   Josephs, Shellie C ^b   Kinney, Thomas B ^c   Ray Jr , Charles E ^c   Sacks, David ^d  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

improving retrieval of inferior vena cava filters; Retrievable inferior vena cava filters; tracking inferior vena cava filter patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953053122     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273946     Document Type: Article

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