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Inferior Veno-Caval Filters

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Vascular Interventional Radiology

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are placed to prevent pulmonary embolism. Despite their widespread and increasing use, there remains little firm evidence to support this. This chapter explores the evidence for their use, describes the types of filter available, the methods for deployment and retrieval and complications associated with filters.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB, UK

    Matthew Matson

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  1. Dept. Radiology, University Hospital North Staffordshire, Newcastle Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom

    Mark G. Cowling

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Matson, M. (2012). Inferior Veno-Caval Filters. In: Cowling, M. (eds) Vascular Interventional Radiology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_536

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_536

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-27877-8

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