Inferior vena cava filters

Review

Filter Considerations and Techniques for Challenging Retrievals

12/14/2022

Anel Yakupovich, MD; Faris Galambo, MD; Sreekumar Madassery, MD

Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Anel Yakupovich, MD; Faris Galambo, M...

The aim of this article is to review and describe the technical factors that may lead to filter retrieval failure, and to describe advanced techniques that may be utilized to retrieve these complex IVC filters.

The aim of this article is to...

12/14/2022

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Innovative Use of Wingman Crossing Catheter for Inferior Vena Cava and Iliac Vein Occlusion

04/10/2017

Dum Piawa, DO and Vincent Varghese, DO

Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Dum Piawa, DO and Vincent Varghese, D...

Inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis can present progressively with symptoms of leg pain, swelling, ulcer formation, and impaired quality of life. The presence of an IVC filter is an independent risk factor for IVC thrombus formation. We...

Inferior vena cava (IVC)...

04/10/2017

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Review of Types, Indications and Insertion Techniques

09/05/2008

The accepted standard of care for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) is anticoagulant therapy. Inferior vena caval (IVC) filters are reserved for those patients who fail anticoagulant therapy, or have a complication or...

The accepted standard of care...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management

Original Research

Early Clinical Experience with a Novel, Self-Centering, Bi-Directional Vena Cava Filter

09/05/2008

Pulmonary emboli are estimated to be the third leading cause of cardiovascular death in the United States. Over 600,000 cases are reported in the US annually, causing an estimated 120,000 to 150,000 deaths per year.

Pulmonary emboli are estimated...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management