Safety and efficacy of the gunther tulip retrievable vena cava filter: Midterm outcomes

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 998-1005

  Hoffer, Eric K ^a   Mueller, Rebecca J ^a   Luciano, Marcus R ^a   Lee, Nicole N ^a   Michaels, Anne T ^a   Gemery, John M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Inferior vena cava filter; Pulmonary embolism; Venous intervention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE THERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN PERFORATION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84879950778     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-012-0517-7     Document Type: Article

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