• Semin Respir Crit Care Med · Feb 2017

    Review

    Inferior Vena Cava Filters: When to Place and When to Remove.

    • John M Moriarty, Jonathan D Steinberger, and Anshuman K Bansal.
    • Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
    • Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb 1; 38 (1): 84-93.

    AbstractPulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and feared result of deep vein thrombosis. While anticoagulation is the mainstay of management, interruption of flow of thrombus from leg veins to the pulmonary circulation is frequently desired either in lieu of or in addition to anticoagulation. Inferior vena cava filters have become frequently used to prevent PE despite a paucity of evidence for efficacy and increasing concerns about the long-term complications of indwelling filters.Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

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