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Current Data and Trends on Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Retrieval

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Vena cava filters are important yet controversial devices utilized to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE). Originally designed to replace more invasive inferior vena cava (IVC) interruption techniques (such as plication or clip placement), the first filters still required surgical cutdown on the jugular or femoral vein for insertion [1]. Over time, percutaneous placement became the norm, with a simultaneous increase in the overall number of filter insertions and dissemination of the procedure to interventional radiology and interventional cardiology. In the late 1990s, nonpermanent vena cava filters became commercially available, and filter utilization increased even more rapidly [2]. With more widespread use came increased awareness of complications associated with these devices [3]. The current vena cava filter environment is one of doubt and uncertainty, which is reflected in the decreasing utilization [4, 5]. Nevertheless, vena cava filters remain clinically important tools for protecting patients at risk of PE who cannot be managed with conventional strategies (anticoagulation) [6].

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Kaufman, J.A. (2020). Current Data and Trends on Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Retrieval. In: Desai, K., Ahmed, O., Van Ha, T. (eds) Placement and Retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava Filters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45150-9_1

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