title: The Simon nitinol inferior vena cava filter: preliminary experience in the UK.
abstract: The Simon nitinol filter is one of a new range of inferior vena cava filters designed for percutaneous placement. It employs a thermal memory alloy allowing it to be introduced in a straight form via a 9F sheath when cool but transforming instantly into its predetermined filter shape at body temperature. It was placed rapidly and successfully in six patients via a femoral approach and one patient via an antecubital vein. The only complication was an asymptomatic IVC obstruction in one patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Mary's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: al-Kutoubi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology