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[Implantation of vena cava filters in acute pulmonary embolism]
P Romaniuk1, T Thieme, G Miersch
1Universitätsklinikum Charité Berlin, Institut für kardiovaskuläre Diagnostik.
Zeitschrift Fur Kardiologie
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The long-term results of 222 patients (pts) with transvenously implanted vena cava filters are critically reviewed. A total of 98 pts were given a Mobin-Uddin filter, 102 pts a Günther filter, and 16 pts a LGM filter. Among the serious complications observed during long-term follow-up were vena cava occlusions and increasing symptoms ranging from congestion of the deep leg veins, perforations into ureters, fractures and embolizations of the filters in up to 40% of the patients, if Günther filters were implanted.