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Pulse-spray thrombolysis of inferior vena cava thrombosis complicating filter placement

M E Hansen1, G L Miller, K C Starks

  • 1Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.

Inferior vena cava thrombosis is an uncommon but potentially serious complication of caval filter placement. A 34-year-old man with symptomatic caval thrombosis, which occurred 6 weeks after filter placement, was successfully treated with a combination of pulse-spray and local infusion of urokinase.

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