Steel Coil Embolization Supplementing Filter Placement in a Patient with a Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava

Anatomic anomalies involving the inferior vena cava (IVC) can present both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges when percutaneous placement of a filter is considered. A patient with a duplicated IVC was treated with placement of a filter in the right-sided IVC and steel coil embolization of a small...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vascular and interventional radiology 1992-08, Vol.3 (3), p.577-580
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Douglas C., Kohne, Raymond E., Taylor, Frank C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Embolism, pulmonary, 60.72 Embolization, Therapeutic - instrumentation Female Humans Middle Aged Vena Cava Filters Vena Cava, Inferior - abnormalities Venae cavae, abnormalities, 982.13 Venae cavae, filters, 982.1299 Venae cavae, thrombosis, 982.751
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Zusammenfassung:	Anatomic anomalies involving the inferior vena cava (IVC) can present both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges when percutaneous placement of a filter is considered. A patient with a duplicated IVC was treated with placement of a filter in the right-sided IVC and steel coil embolization of a smaller left-sided IVC.
ISSN:	1051-0443 1535-7732
DOI:	10.1016/S1051-0443(92)72019-3