Prevalence of Fracture and Fragment Embolization of Bard Retrievable Vena Cava Filters and Clinical Implications Including Cardiac Perforation and Tamponade | Zendy

William Nicholson | Zendy; W. J. Nicholson | Zendy; Paul H. Tolerico | Zendy; Bradley Taylor | Zendy; Samuel Solomon | Zendy; Thomas Schryver | Zendy; Kevin McCullum | Zendy; Howard Goldberg | Zendy; James H. Mills | Zendy; Brian Schuler | Zendy; Larry L. Shears | Zendy; Lyle A. Siddoway | Zendy; Nikhilesh Agarwal | Zendy; Christopher J. Tuohy | Zendy

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Prevalence of Fracture and Fragment Embolization of Bard Retrievable Vena Cava Filters and Clinical Implications Including Cardiac Perforation and Tamponade

Author(s) -

William Nicholson,

W. J. Nicholson,

Paul H. Tolerico,

Bradley Taylor,

Samuel Solomon,

Thomas Schryver,

Kevin McCullum,

Howard Goldberg,

James H. Mills,

Brian Schuler,

Larry L. Shears,

Lyle A. Siddoway,

Nikhilesh Agarwal,

Christopher J. Tuohy

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.316

Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , surgery , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , asymptomatic , fluoroscopy , radiology , inferior vena cava , embolism , interventional radiology , pulmonary embolism

Vena cava filters represent an alternative treatment option for patients with contraindications to anticoagulation, or they might serve as adjunctive treatment for continued emboli despite anticoagulation. The fracture of a filter strut with subsequent end-organ embolization is a rarely reported but potentially life-threatening occurrence.

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