Erschienen in:
01.06.2011 | Letter to the Editor
Cone over Guide Wire Technique for Difficult IVC Filter Retrieval
verfasst von:
Daniel S. Kassavin, George Constantinopoulos
Erschienen in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Ausgabe 3/2011
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Excerpt
Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are placed in patients who are at temporary increased risk for pulmonary embolism, with or without contraindication for anticoagulation, with the expectation of subsequent removal. The failure to retrieve nonpermanent IVC filters is an increasingly encountered dilemma for vascular interventionalists. One of the more common causes of technical failure of retrieval is the presence of tilt in the orientation of the IVC filter, which may result in the retrieval hook abutting the wall of the IVC, preventing contact with the removal system [
1]. This issue may be compounded by endothelialization of the filter hook [
2]. …