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Percutaneous retrieval of a misplaced titanium Greenfield filter
R J Van Allan1, S E Hanks, D S Harrell
1Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
Vena caval filters are considered permanent indwelling devices. Occasionally, malposition of a filter prompts a desire for its removal. We report a method of percutaneous retrieval of a titanium Greenfield filter by snare.