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Clinical Experience with Vena Caval Filters

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Pulmonary Embolism

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The use of vena caval filters to prevent fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) has become the standard of care for patients who cannot be safely or effectively anticoagulated. This is due to several factors: improved devices, percutaneous methods of delivery, and long-term experience of safety and efficacy. Six vena caval filters are currently marketed with Food and Drug Administration approval: the Simon Nitinol, VenaTech, Bird’s Nest, and three iterations of the Greenfield filter, Each of these devices has been reviewed based upon reports from published clinical studies. This type of summary is complicated by disparity in the study methodologies, numbers of patients, lengths of follow-up, and definition of adverse events. The need for established reporting standards is clear. A consensus document, which is in preparation, should be available in 1999 and should lead to greatly improved reports.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, 2101 Taubman Center, Box 0346, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0346, USA

    Lazar J. Greenfield & Mary C. Proctor

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  1. The First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 174-2 Edobashi, 514-8507, Tsu, Mie, Japan

    Takeshi Nakano M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    Samuel Z. Goldhaber M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Greenfield, L.J., Proctor, M.C. (1999). Clinical Experience with Vena Caval Filters. In: Nakano, T., Goldhaber, S.Z. (eds) Pulmonary Embolism. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66893-0_13

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