LGM (Vena Tech) vena cava filter: clinical experience in 64 patients
| Autor: | Christine M. Wilson, Martin E. Simons, Joel E. Tennenhouse, Rebecca A. Peterson, Gordon J. French, Pasteur Rasuli, D. Christopher Morris, Steven F. Millward, Alfredo F. Formoso, J. Ian Marsh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Vena Cava Filters Vena cava Radiography Autopsy Inferior vena cava medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Major complication Aged Aged 80 and over Vena cava filters business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Thrombosis Surgery Pulmonary embolism medicine.vein Evaluation Studies as Topic cardiovascular system Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 2(4) |
| ISSN: | 1051-0443 |
| Popis: | LG-Medical (LGM) vena cava filters were inserted percutaneously in 64 patients. Each case was followed after the filter insertion. Clinical follow-up was available in all patients; in 11 patients it was the only form of follow-up. Findings were available from autopsies in seven patients, plain abdominal radiographs in 42, and duplex sonograms of the insertion vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) in 46. A filter was inserted without major complication in all patients. The filter failed to open fully in four patients and was tilted in the IVC in 15. Recurrent pulmonary embolism was found in two patients (fatal in one), and inconsequential filter migration occurred in 11. Introduction vein thrombosis occurred in four patients. IVC thrombosis, demonstrated at autopsy or sonography, was found in 14 patients (22%) and was symptomatic in six (9%). This report suggests that the LGM filter is easy to introduce, and few complications are associated with insertion. The rate of caval thrombosis, however, may be higher than previously reported. |
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