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Inferior vena cava filters in cancer patients: to filter or not to filter

PURPOSE: Cancer and its treatment are recognized risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE); active cancer accounts for almost 20% of all newly diagnosed VTE. Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are utilized to provide mechanical thromboprophylaxis to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE) or to avoid blee...

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Autores principales: Abdel-Razeq, Hikmat, Mansour, Asem, Ismael, Yousef, Abdulelah, Hazem
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21479140
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S17912