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A Study of IVC Filters in Children
05/25/2016
At the 2016 Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting, Michael Temple, MD, a pediatric interventional radiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, presented preliminary results from a multi-institutional study of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter use in children. The study’s goal was to determine success rates, complications, and outcomes as well as usage patterns for IVC filters in children. Dr. Temple shared details of some of these preliminary results with Vascular Disease Management at the SIR meeting.