Inferior vena cava filter

Nonpharmacologic methods improve venous blood flow by mechanical means and include early ambulation, electrical stimulation of calf muscles during prolonged surgery, graduated compression stockings, intermittent pneumatic compression devices, and inferior vena cava filters. [Pg.188]

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White RH, Zhou H, Kim J, Romano PS. A population-based study of the effectiveness of inferior vena cava filter use among patients with venous thrombosis. Arch Intern Med 2000 160 2033-2041. [Pg.412]

Delivery of an inferior vena cava filter requires the filter structure to be collapsedand loaded into a sheath that fits inside a 6-9 French (2-3 mm diameter) size catheter. A guidewire is first inserted into the vein and its position tracked by radiological imaging. [Pg.335]

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B Matthews et al., Inferior vena cava filter placement Pre-insertion inferior vena cava imaging , The Annual Meeting Southeastern Surgical Congress, Savannah, Georgia, 2003. [Pg.341]

T Kinney, Update on inferior vena cava filters , Vase Interv Radiol, 2003 14, (4) 425-440. [Pg.341]

C. A. Athanasulis, J. A. Kaufman, E. F. Halpem, A. C. Waltman, S. C. Geller and C.-M. Fan. Inferior vena cava filters Review of a 26-year single-center clinical experience. Radiology. 2000 216 54-66. [Pg.736]

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