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Recurrent pulmonary embolism in pregnancy managed with the Greenfield vena caval filter
Author(s) -
Banfield P.J.,
Pittam M.,
Marwood R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(90)90015-d
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , pregnancy , gestation , vaginal delivery , thrombosis , surgery , venous thrombosis , inferior vena cava filter , radiology , obstetrics , biology , genetics
Recurrent embolisation from venous thrombosis despite anticoagulation, in pregnancy, constitutes a major diagnostic and management problem. We present just such a patient who was managed with a Greenfield vena caval filter, which enabled her pregnancy to continue, resulting in a vaginal delivery of a healthy female infant at 38 weeks gestation.