A method for following patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters: Results and lessons learned from the first 1,100 patients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1507-1512

  Lynch, Frank C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

inferior vena cava; IVC; PE; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRIEVABLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 80054962625     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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