Photothermal ablation with the excimer laser sheath technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter removal: Initial results from a prospective study

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 813-823

  Kuo, William T ^a   Odegaard, Justin I ^a   Louie, John D ^a   Sze, Daniel Y ^a   Unver, Kamil ^a   Kothary, Nishita ^a   Rosenberg, Jarrett K ^a   Hovsepian, David M ^a   Hwang, Gloria L ^a   Hofmann, Lawrence V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN THROMBOSIS; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER LASER SHEAT TECHNIQUE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE INJURY; LASER SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHOTOTHERMAL ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957579019     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.01.459     Document Type: Article

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