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Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interruption of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is recommended in certain cases to prevent Pulmonary Embolism (PE). Reported data on the efficacy and rate of complications vary considerably. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who had a tem...

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Autores principales: Saour, Jalal, Al Harthi, Abdulaziz, El Sherif, Mona, Bakhsh, Ebtisam, Mammo, Layla
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19847081
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.57166
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author Saour, Jalal
Al Harthi, Abdulaziz
El Sherif, Mona
Bakhsh, Ebtisam
Mammo, Layla
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Al Harthi, Abdulaziz
El Sherif, Mona
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interruption of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is recommended in certain cases to prevent Pulmonary Embolism (PE). Reported data on the efficacy and rate of complications vary considerably. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who had a temporary or permanent IVC filter inserted at our institution during the past 5 years. RESULTS: Seventy-seven of 225 patients (34%) with Venous Thrombosis (VT) had an IVC filter inserted. Deep vein thrombosis and PE were the most common causes for anticoagulation. Bleeding was the reason for IVC filter insertion in 48 (62%). The only complication found was the breaking of a temporary filter during removal related to the procedure. However, 3 patients (out of 10) had a recurrence of VT after prolonged discontinuation of anticoagulation. CONCLUSIONS: Our criteria for indication of IVC filter insertion are in line with current standard of care. The immediate and delayed complications caused by IVC filter insertion was low. Active bleeding was the most common indication for filter insertion, whereas inherited thrombophilia was relatively common.
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spelling pubmed-28814312010-07-14 Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center Saour, Jalal Al Harthi, Abdulaziz El Sherif, Mona Bakhsh, Ebtisam Mammo, Layla Ann Saudi Med Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interruption of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is recommended in certain cases to prevent Pulmonary Embolism (PE). Reported data on the efficacy and rate of complications vary considerably. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who had a temporary or permanent IVC filter inserted at our institution during the past 5 years. RESULTS: Seventy-seven of 225 patients (34%) with Venous Thrombosis (VT) had an IVC filter inserted. Deep vein thrombosis and PE were the most common causes for anticoagulation. Bleeding was the reason for IVC filter insertion in 48 (62%). The only complication found was the breaking of a temporary filter during removal related to the procedure. However, 3 patients (out of 10) had a recurrence of VT after prolonged discontinuation of anticoagulation. CONCLUSIONS: Our criteria for indication of IVC filter insertion are in line with current standard of care. The immediate and delayed complications caused by IVC filter insertion was low. Active bleeding was the most common indication for filter insertion, whereas inherited thrombophilia was relatively common. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2881431/ /pubmed/19847081 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.57166 Text en © Annals of Saudi Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Saour, Jalal
Al Harthi, Abdulaziz
El Sherif, Mona
Bakhsh, Ebtisam
Mammo, Layla
Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title_full Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title_fullStr Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title_full_unstemmed Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title_short Inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
title_sort inferior vena caval filters: 5 years of experience in a tertiary care center
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19847081
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.57166
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