Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Mar 2007
Evaluation of retrievability of the Gunther tulip vena cava filter.
To evaluate the feasibility and safety of withdrawal of a Gunther tulip retrievable vena cava filter (GTF). ⋯ GTFs can be retrieved in the majority of cases. Even when encountering situations in which the filter could not be removed using the standard method, withdrawal was possible in a high frequency of cases through various trials using modified methods.