Frequent fracture of trapease inferior vena cava filters: A long-term follow-up assessment

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-191

  Sano, Masaki ^a   Unno, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Naoto ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^a   Konno, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENA CAVA FILTER FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856193342     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.548     Document Type: Article

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