vena cava filter is a medical device made of metal that is implanted by vascular surgeons or interventional radiologists into the inferior vena cava to...

of an inferior vena cava filter Image showing an inferior vena cava filter in its position Atriocaval shunt Inferior vena cava syndrome Recovery position...

thrombectomy). If blood thinners are not appropriate, a temporary vena cava filter may be used. Pulmonary emboli affect about 430,000 people each year in...

of the outstanding lawsuits at that time. An inferior vena cava filter (or "blood clot filter") is a device that is percutaneously implanted in the IVC...

bleeding risk but evidence for its benefit is limited. Inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) are not recommended in those who are on anticoagulants. IVCFs...

thoracic outlet compression. The placement of an inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) is possible when either the standard treatment for acute DVT,...

developed a widely used flexible filter to catch and dissolve clots in the bloodstream, the "Simon-Nitinol Vena Cava Filter." His research began in the 1960s...

the necessity for randomized controlled trials for the inferior vena cava filter (VCF) despite the intervention's bio-plausibility. The authors suggest...

Inferior vena cava filter into guidelines for management of deep vein thrombosis in their 2012 guidelines. Over 50,000 Inferior vena cava filter are placed...

including peripheral vascular disease, renal artery stenosis, inferior vena cava filter placement, gastrostomy tube placements, biliary stents and hepatic interventions...